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A subtle but effective way of encouraging an irregular voter is by slightly altering your vocabulary when you ask questions. For reasons that are unclear, people’s internal identity is only loosely connected to their actions—until they’re reminded of the discrepancy between the two. Use that to your advantage by emphasizing the identity of being a voter rather than the act of voting. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 10 months ago
A subtle but effective way of encouraging an irregular voter is by slightly altering your vocabulary when you ask questions. For reasons that are unclear, people’s internal identity is only loosely connected to their actions—until they’re reminded of the discrepancy between the two. Use that to your advantage by emphasizing the identity of being a voter rather than the act of voting. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 10 months ago
There were no skid marks around his body. There was no vehicular debris found. His loosely tied shoes were still on his feet. – Ronnie Richter	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Women and girls should cover up and dress loosely to stop the temptation... if you feel like your life is precious, leave the house completely covered up to stop those wanting you from slaughtering you. – Mabrouk Atteya	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you see a lichen, you're basically looking at all fungal tissue, with some algal cells hidden away and protected inside, loosely speaking, it's like a greenhouse -- the fungus creates a more hospitable environment for the algae. – Matthew Nelsen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s fictional, but it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course, it’s not strictly accurate; it gives you a rough idea about what that lifestyle is, the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that. – Prince Harry	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And again, as I said, we can debate policies and we should, but it has to be based on a common set of facts, and the lack of any of even being loosely tethered to truth for some, I think is a really dangerous thing for our country. – Sally Yates	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We've found that wearing two loosely fitted masks will not give you the filtration benefit that one, snug-fitting... mask will, the best kind of double-masking is when you and the person you are interacting with are each correctly wearing a very snug-fitting mask. – Emily Sickbert-Bennett	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The fundraising appeals themselves are giving donors the impression that their money is going to help support the recounts and post-election litigation, but in reality, most of every donor's money is going to Trump's loosely regulated post-election political vehicle. – Brendan Fischer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Secretary Pompeo's speech today on the' Commission on the Unalienable Rights' loosely clothed a foray into the culture wars under the seal of the US State Department, secretary Pompeo need to ground the relationship between citizens and their government in religious terms is both antiquated and alarming. Secretary Pompeo insistence on bashing major American news organizations during a speech about America's foundational principles is cynical, if in keeping with the views of President Donald Trump. – Rob Berschinski	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Iraqis want to get rid of both. Some might like one more than they other, and they don't want just one of the two alone there, to dominate their country, shia Iraqis may be loosely aligned with Iran, but they don't subscribe to the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian way is not all what Shia Iraqis want. – Joost Hitermann	Found on CNN 4 years ago
- the term- livity-refers to all things relating to life and living. In the rasta icabulary of ras cardo, peter tosh and the trench town brethrens reasonings in the 60's, it took on a strictly defined meaning as to the purpose and reason for life. Rasta is all about life, jah life and liberty, not death and destruction. It is a term not to be used loosely. It was coined by ras cardo. – RAS CARDO REGGAE	added by RAS CARDO REGGAE 4 years ago
Everything we have seen suggests the migrant caravans were loosely organized and largely spontaneous in nature, and were not organized or directed by the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras. – Ariel Ruiz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If you look at the Indian penal code, there are so many subclassifications. They range from molestation, assault, to rape and penetrative sex. Here( in the bill) it is very loosely worded. – Anitha Shenoy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The destruction of these monuments, erected in the loving memory of our family and fellow Southern Americans, is both heinous and horrific, if the, and I use this term extremely loosely, 'leadership' of Louisiana wishes to, in a Nazi-ish fashion, burn books or destroy historical monuments of OUR HISTORY, they should be LYNCHED! Let it be known, I will do all in my power to prevent this from happening in our State. – Karl Oliver	Found on CNN 6 years ago
LED technology can be affected by variables such as how loosely or tightly the tracker is worn, the user's skin tone or any other interference between the sensor and the skin. It can also become inaccurate with motion, which is why it doesn't fare as well as ECG with exercise. – Nisha Jhalani	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The only thing GOP incumbent senators can do is support him loosely and try to disengage with the national Trump and Clinton fight, the real likelihood is, whoever wins the presidency will end up with control of the Senate, and in the end, there is going to be less power for both parties – and maybe that’s what people want. – Fox News contributor Joe Trippi	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The type of clothing matters, a white T-shirt is going to provide less protection than a darker fabric, and think of the weave of the fabric or the hat. Take a straw hat; if it's too loosely woven, you get too much sunlight. – Dawn Holman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost. – Kaleel Jamison	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. – Whitney Balliett	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping. – Charles R. Swindoll	added by anonymous 14 years ago

A subtle but effective way of encouraging an irregular voter is by slightly altering your vocabulary when you ask questions. For reasons that are unclear, people’s internal identity is only loosely connected to their actions—until they’re reminded of the discrepancy between the two. Use that to your advantage by emphasizing the identity of being a voter rather than the act of voting.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

There were no skid marks around his body. There was no vehicular debris found. His loosely tied shoes were still on his feet.

– Ronnie Richter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Women and girls should cover up and dress loosely to stop the temptation... if you feel like your life is precious, leave the house completely covered up to stop those wanting you from slaughtering you.

– Mabrouk Atteya

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you see a lichen, you're basically looking at all fungal tissue, with some algal cells hidden away and protected inside, loosely speaking, it's like a greenhouse -- the fungus creates a more hospitable environment for the algae.

– Matthew Nelsen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s fictional, but it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course, it’s not strictly accurate; it gives you a rough idea about what that lifestyle is, the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that.

– Prince Harry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

And again, as I said, we can debate policies and we should, but it has to be based on a common set of facts, and the lack of any of even being loosely tethered to truth for some, I think is a really dangerous thing for our country.

– Sally Yates

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We've found that wearing two loosely fitted masks will not give you the filtration benefit that one, snug-fitting... mask will, the best kind of double-masking is when you and the person you are interacting with are each correctly wearing a very snug-fitting mask.

– Emily Sickbert-Bennett

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The fundraising appeals themselves are giving donors the impression that their money is going to help support the recounts and post-election litigation, but in reality, most of every donor's money is going to Trump's loosely regulated post-election political vehicle.

– Brendan Fischer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Secretary Pompeo's speech today on the' Commission on the Unalienable Rights' loosely clothed a foray into the culture wars under the seal of the US State Department, secretary Pompeo need to ground the relationship between citizens and their government in religious terms is both antiquated and alarming. Secretary Pompeo insistence on bashing major American news organizations during a speech about America's foundational principles is cynical, if in keeping with the views of President Donald Trump.

– Rob Berschinski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Iraqis want to get rid of both. Some might like one more than they other, and they don't want just one of the two alone there, to dominate their country, shia Iraqis may be loosely aligned with Iran, but they don't subscribe to the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian way is not all what Shia Iraqis want.

– Joost Hitermann

Found on CNN
4 years ago

- the term- livity-refers to all things relating to life and living. In the rasta icabulary of ras cardo, peter tosh and the trench town brethrens reasonings in the 60's, it took on a strictly defined meaning as to the purpose and reason for life. Rasta is all about life, jah life and liberty, not death and destruction. It is a term not to be used loosely. It was coined by ras cardo.

– RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by RAS CARDO REGGAE
4 years ago

Everything we have seen suggests the migrant caravans were loosely organized and largely spontaneous in nature, and were not organized or directed by the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras.

– Ariel Ruiz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If you look at the Indian penal code, there are so many subclassifications. They range from molestation, assault, to rape and penetrative sex. Here( in the bill) it is very loosely worded.

– Anitha Shenoy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The destruction of these monuments, erected in the loving memory of our family and fellow Southern Americans, is both heinous and horrific, if the, and I use this term extremely loosely, 'leadership' of Louisiana wishes to, in a Nazi-ish fashion, burn books or destroy historical monuments of OUR HISTORY, they should be LYNCHED! Let it be known, I will do all in my power to prevent this from happening in our State.

– Karl Oliver

Found on CNN
6 years ago

LED technology can be affected by variables such as how loosely or tightly the tracker is worn, the user's skin tone or any other interference between the sensor and the skin. It can also become inaccurate with motion, which is why it doesn't fare as well as ECG with exercise.

– Nisha Jhalani

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The only thing GOP incumbent senators can do is support him loosely and try to disengage with the national Trump and Clinton fight, the real likelihood is, whoever wins the presidency will end up with control of the Senate, and in the end, there is going to be less power for both parties – and maybe that’s what people want.

– Fox News contributor Joe Trippi

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The type of clothing matters, a white T-shirt is going to provide less protection than a darker fabric, and think of the weave of the fabric or the hat. Take a straw hat; if it's too loosely woven, you get too much sunlight.

– Dawn Holman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.

– Kaleel Jamison

added by anonymous
14 years ago

A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

– Whitney Balliett

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.

– Charles R. Swindoll

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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