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warning n.: alarum

Saturday, May 15, 2021 by Peter Leave a Comment

Here we go again. No sooner had the Senate, despite the nearly universal predictions to the contrary, passed the campaign finance reform bill than the alarums and dirges about its fate recommenced. Tom DeLay would fight it in the House! (Elizabeth Drew, McCain’s Baby; Opposing Campaign Reform Won’t Be Easy This Time Around, The Washington Post, 05/8/2001, p. A23.)

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