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I get a kick out of it when people kind of compare it to (measles, mumps and rubella shots) and things that have been around for decades and decades, parents, by and large, most parents in Florida have opted against doing these booster shots, particularly for young kids.

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Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The immigrants were homeless, hungry and abandoned, and these activists didn’t care about them then. Florida’s program gave them a fresh start in a sanctuary state, and these individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to Massachusetts, it was disappointing that Martha’s Vineyard called in the Massachusetts National Guard to bus them away from the island within 48 hours.

Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The immigrants were homeless, hungry, and abandoned – and these activists didn’t care about them then. Florida’s program gave them a fresh start in a sanctuary state and these individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to Massachusetts, it was disappointing that Martha’s Vineyard called in the Massachusetts National Guard to bus them away from the island within 48 hours.

Taryn Fenske

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The country was very fortunate that the CIA and FBI refused to bend completely to Nixon's will, so President Richard Nixon and President Richard Nixon lieutenants opted to go outside the established institutions to do their dirty work.

Richard Nixon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These are the people who opted not to vaccinate.

Luan Matos de Menezes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The only data we share with Panorama for students who are opted out of the screener is the student’s name, student ID, school, and grade level, this allows Panorama to confirm that all students who are opted out of the screener are actually removed from their distribution list and do not receive an electronic link to the screener during the administration window. Essentially, this is a quality control mechanism.

An FCPS spokesperson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The problems at Time’s Up are deeper than Tina Tchen, they’re systemic. They go beyond her. In her statement there is no acknowledgement of changed behavior and no movement toward repair.In her statement, Tina says we are battling each other in harmful ways. She could have taken that space for self-reflection, and yet what she opted to do was to go after the very community that is attempting to make this movement better.

Allison Turkos

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Some adults [ on staff ] have opted to spend more time at home with their kids because it was such a rough year.

Lyn James

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Most Russians see U.S. relations as a fundamental source of the relationship's problems, in their view, Washington grew too ambitious in the aftermath of the Cold War. It attempted to remake Russia and remake the world according to American preferences and this from the Russian point of view proved to be disastrous.It helped to produce the collapse of the Russian state during the 1990s. It led to destabilizing wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. It produced a long series of punitive sanctions by the U.S. meant to coerce Moscow into submission.And rather than pursuing Gorbachev's bold vision of a common European home that included Russia in the broad security architecture, the U.S. opted to make NATO the foundation for European security, to bring NATO closer to Russia's borders.

George Beebe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Party groomed rock-star like celebrities, [ and ] they were co-opted by making them members of the National People Congress.

Sonja Opper

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This kind of politicizing of children should be rejected by all --Republicans, Democrats and Independents. I understand a few students wrote it, but I am disappointed with the faculty who approved this yearbook for print, instead of encouraging unity and mutual respect, they opted for division and biased political rhetoric.

John Park

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

BLM has been co-opted byteachers’ unions, specifically atthe national level, the American Federation of Teachersand herelocally in Minnesota, EducationMinnesota, these teachers’ unions own theDemocrats.

Rashad Turner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was going to chime in as well, i was just going to show the rifle and show that I fully support the Second Amendment, but then I opted not to... I was in my home.

Board Vice Chair Ron Clous

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Some right-wing extremist groups, particularly the anti-government Oath Keepers, have a long history of recruiting from current and former members of the military and law enforcement, oath Keepers are part of the resurgent militia movement, which believes the federal government has been co-opted by a shadowy conspiracy that is trying to strip American citizens of their rights. Though the Oath Keepers will accept anyone as members, what differentiates them from other anti-government extremist groups is their explicit focus on recruiting current and former military, law enforcement and first responder personnel.

Oren Segal

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our concern is with the malign actions of the Chinese Communist Party and specific individuals, not with the Chinese people, the graduate students and researchers who are targeted, co-opted, and exploited by the PRC government for its military gain represent a small subset of Chinese student and researcher visa applicants coming to the United States.

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The reality of what you're seeing in Georgia today is a function of the Covid situation in large part. We did lose many polling places because it's summer time so schools are closed, churches opted out, VFW halls opted out, in Fulton County specifically, they lost 40 locations and collapsed many of those locations into mega precincts which saw a lot of those amazingly long lines.

Gabriel Sterling

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I also proclaim unequivocally my opposition to any terrorist action, attack, propaganda against the U.S. This undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office shows Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaou, the only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism. ( Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office via AP, File) He also renouncedAl Qaeda and the Islamic State terror groups. The motion was made in an attempt to relax the special administrative measures under which he serves his sentence. He also asked thatRudy Giuliani, New Yorks mayor at the time ofthe plot andPresident Trumps personal lawyer, or famed attorney Alan Dershowitz represent him in a civil trial. His remarks contradict his action during his 2006 trial, whenhe narrowly escaped the death penalty. During the proceedings, he taunted victims and flashed a victory sign after a jury opted to sentence him to life in prison. God save Bin Laden, you will never get him.

Zacarias Moussaoui

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

... but it will be very gradual and deliberate. And of course were taking steps to make sure were in compliance with state and local regulations, and NFL and CDC guidelines. That means primarily employees that must be in the office to do their jobs : people who need to access files that are only at the office ; maintenance workers ; trainers ; and technology workers. Those people will have their temperature taken when entering the building and must wear personal protective equipment. The Colts have set up one-way hallways with arrows on the carpet pointing to the proper direction, and there will be limits on how many people can be in rooms at the same time. Coach Frank Reich was realistic about a full return to the training complex. The guys who have been hurt, who have been coming into the building, keep coming in and rehabbing and doing their thing, other than that, as soon as we can get more players in the building we want that to make up for a little bit of lost time. The sooner we can get together and get out there working, the better it will be. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took part in an owners conference call from the teams practice facility, The Star. About two dozen staffers were present at the complex. The Steelers are doing a soft reopening Tuesday mainly for medical personnel and rehabbing players. They expect to ramp up use of their facility next week under league guidelines. As the Cardinals reopen, only essential staffers will be involved, far fewer than the 75 allowed at the facility. The Super Bowl champion Chiefs also opted for a soft opening, as did the Falcons, with only about 15 people at their complex on Tuesday. Those numbers will increase over the next week.

Frank Reich

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Because of this, we opted to forgo raising base salaries this year.

Masanori Kuwata

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Any negative impact to our current situation could have a significant impact on our workforce, because of this, we opted to forgo raising base salaries this year.

Masanori Kuwata

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's possible that dense feathers were primarily selected for insulation, as body size decreased in theropod dinosaurs on the evolutionary pathway to modern birds, feathers could have then later been co-opted for sexual display or flying.

Robin Dawson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Eason wrote in a social mediapost announcing his decision. Eason was a five-star recruit out of nearby Lake Stevens, Washington, who opted to go across the country to play at Georgia. He started as a freshman for the Bulldogs but lost the job to Jake Fromm during his sophomore season after suffering an injury in the season opener. Eason sat out the 2018 season after transferring to Washington and beat out Jake Haener for the starting job during fall camp. Eason completed 64.2% of his passes and had standout games early in the season against Eastern Washington, BYU and Arizona. His best game may have come in a loss to Oregon, in which Eason was 23 of 30 for 289 yards and three touchdowns. Eason has the prototypes of an NFL quarterback, standing 6-foot-5 with one of the strongest arms in college. But issues with consistency popped up during his collegiate career. We wish Jacob nothing but the best.

Jimmy Lake

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We, as a government, have opted to re-look at the (Papua LNG) agreement because it was signed at a time when we were in the throes, or in the process, of changing the government, it's about weighing it between the nervousness of the investors and the pain and suffering of our own people ... by consultation you will be able to test the threshold of tolerance and then find that balance.

Kerenga Kua

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I don't think we want that to be co-opted or corrupted by this administration.

Megan Rapinoes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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