If it were not for us, it wouldn't have been possible.
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These restaurants would not exist if it were not for them.
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This tragedy could have been avoided if it were not for his arrogance.
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"I would not be an entrepreneur if it were not for Obamacare," he said.
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"If it were not for him, we would have a divided country," he said.
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"Such interest for us wouldn't emerge, if it were not for Spiecie," he said.
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If it were not for the fixed-income business, returns would be comfortably above that.
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And if it were not for 24-hour police protection, Mr Saviano might well be dead.
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Because if it were not for my love of the people, I would not have protested.
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If it were not for the shortage, Argentina would have even more soybeans to export to China.
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Kenton Stacy would have died if it were not for Justin's selfless love for his fellow warrior.
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There could be many more dead if it were not for Aamin, Somalia's only free ambulance service.
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If it were not for the penetrating smell of cannabis, it could pass for a cafe anywhere.
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If it were not for the rains in Punjab, the heat and dust would have been unbearable.
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And the line is, you would have taken numbers up, if it were not for the obvious.
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She told me, 'I would have never become Angela Mao if it were not for this man.
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If it were not for the fixed-income business, Mr. Gorman would already be comfortably above his target.
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As for the pastrami, if it were not for the different slicing techniques, I'd call it a tie.
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Durkin said it would have been even longer if it were not for Hastert's age and poor health.
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He declared that if it were not for him, the United States would be at war with North Korea.
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He brings up how beautiful Chechnya is and, if it were not for dangers, it would be worth visiting.
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"It would literally crush families if it were not for the support of Medicaid and S.S.I.," Ms. Stewart said.
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Durkin said it would have been even longer if it were not for Hastert's age, 74, and poor health.
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"If it were not for the charity of others, I never could have provided for my siblings," she says.
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But InterTrust, as a company, wouldn't exist today if it were not for an incredibly ballsy lawsuit against Microsoft.
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Bits It's been said before but it bears repeating: If it were not for its cloud-computing business, Amazon.
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An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates.
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The S&P 500 would have been decidedly more negative for 2015 if it were not for these four stocks.
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"You had always said I saved you, that you wouldn't be alive if it were not for me," she continued.
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The PHIA would likely not exist if it were not for Chen Deliang, born in Dong Zhuang Town in 1950.
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"The fact is, I probably never would have been a writer if it were not for Danny," Mr. Simon wrote.
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His rivalry with Silva would not be half as exciting if it were not for his incessant headline-grabbing trash-talking.
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I could not have seen ["Happy as Lazzaro"] by Alice Rohrwacher if it were not for Netflix, so thanks to Netflix.
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"I would not be here if it were not for Jackie and it were not for Don Newcombe," Obama said. RIP
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After all, they admit, if it were not for American pressure on intellectual property, China would not have come half as far.
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The IOC said if it were not for the changes of Agenda 2020 no city would now be bidding for the Games.
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The shenanigans in Westminster this week would make great entertainment if it were not for the seriousness of what is at stake.
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If it were not for the reform measures we enacted prior to Hurricane Katrina, the transformation story would have been much different.
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" Delilah, 58, says she "would not be standing if it were not for the prayers of my friends, my family and my listeners.
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I could not even attempt to continue doing what I feel is the right thing here if it were not for your support.
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On Seattle's first possession, Atlanta cornerback Desmond Trufant nearly had a pick-six if it were not for Wilson chasing down the tackle.
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If it were not for this process, relief funds would be wasted along with an opportunity to rebuild communities in a mitigated manner.
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But there is reason to believe that stocks would be a lot higher if it were not for the uncertainty surrounding trade tensions.
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If it were not for their willingness to struggle and sacrifice for what they believed in, we would never have achieved this change.
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If it were not for their efforts, we wouldn't be where are now in this moment as TGNC [transgender/gender non-conforming] people.
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He said if it were not for the coronavirus, he would probably be traveling — and trying a bit harder to find a job.
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"We have the distinct impression that if it were not for this lawsuit, they were just going to keep her in prison," he said.
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All this would not have been possible if it were not for Radner, Curtin, Newman and the early female staff writers laying the groundwork.
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If it were not for the FBI Director Comey letter or some other freak occurrence such as the Electoral College, she would be president.
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If it were not for you, I don't know what I would've done in those first raw moments of overwhelming shock, anguish, and grief.
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Recommending Palmer's story as a "summer read" would feel more callous if it were not for the fact Twin Peaks is back on television.
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If it were not for the euro, Germany would long ago have had to appreciate its currency in line with its enormous export surplus.
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My mind was screaming, Do you even realize you literally WOULD NOT BE HERE if it were not for the very things Hillary stands for?
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She clearly considers this an attempted rape; she believes that if it were not for the extreme intoxication of Kavanaugh, she would have been raped.
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That would be a windfall, said farmers like Francisco Castillo, if it were not for all the pests that now thrive in the warmer air.
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He might not have accepted if it were not for the film's producer Allison Shearmur, who also produced the "Hunger Games" films he starred in.
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" He added that if it were not for the police who confronted the gunmen "we shudder to think how much worse it could have been.
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If it were not for Abdel Rahman and others who tried to help, Egyptians on social media said, the death toll could have been higher.
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If it were not for them, I would not be living in a free world, living the dream I could not have even imagined was possible.
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It would be easy to dismiss that as a buzzword invented by the marketing department if it were not for all those sensors aboard every A350.
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IF IT WERE not for the flags being waved, it would be difficult to tell the difference between the protests in Lebanon and those in Iraq.
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Kadare tackles Albania's specific strangeness with a ferocious rigor that would feel scientific if it were not for the haunted, haunting humans he writes into being.
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And—in one of the odd circular logic twists of influence—if it were not for Post Malone-core, there would be no Baby E, a.k.a.
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LEE If it were not for April Reign's hashtag and Cheryl Boone Isaacs being president — the work of two sisters — I would not have an Oscar.
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Trump has made unsubstantiated claims since his election win in November that he would have won the popular vote if it were not for voter fraud.
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" Ford's attorney, Debra Katz, told NBC's "Today" on Monday that she "believes that if it were not for the severe intoxication of Kavanaugh, she would've been raped.
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"If it were not for the Sanders campaign, we wouldn't even be having this conversation," said pro-Sanders delegate Cornel West, the civil rights activist and philosopher.
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I would not be here today if it were not for the extraordinary commitment a group of Americans made a generation ago and thousands of miles away.
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Oracle said its adjusted profit per share would have been 2 cents higher if it were not for the strong dollar and the Egyptian currency exchange loss.
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"Their questions and comments seemed to make the case that Hillary Clinton would be president if it were not for hacking," Representative Steve King of Iowa said.
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If it were not for that little revealer at the end, my "aha" moment would have never come, and consternation would have simply devolved into 29-Down.
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If it were not for the chilling note which ended the exchange, Lisnyak could have disregarded the anonymous call as an absurd and hopeless attempt at playing tough.
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"I'm prevented from running again by the Constitution, but even if it were not for that amendment, Michelle would leave, and I — I want her around," Obama said.
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" Her attorney, Debra Katz, said on Monday on NBC's "Today" that Ford "believes that if it were not for the severe intoxication of Kavanaugh, she would've been raped.
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We accept this high cost because we believe that if it were not for the incentive of drug patents, many new drugs would not be developed at all.
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If it were not for one brave young woman coming forward and the grace of God, we would have had the same incident in Vermont, in my opinion.
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"If it were not for my daughter being inside, I would not have stood so close to the front," said Sam Ho, a 43-year-old interior designer.
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This would be an unprecedented boom in support for a self-proclaimed democratic socialist if it were not for the rise of Jeremy Corbyn in the United Kingdom.
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A flight by Israel's national air carrier El Al to Argentina next month would be a historic first, if it were not for Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
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" - Speaking to CNBC, 2016 "The best-performing country, Germany, would be given a 'D' if it were not for comparison with how bad the rest of Europe is doing.
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But I know this to be true: If it were not for all of you, I might have simply gotten in the car and tried to drive myself home.
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It's not the end of the world as we know it, but you might be able to see it from there, if it were not for all the smoke.
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CW's "Riverdale" is a very dark imagining of the "Archie" comics, so somber that it's virtually unrecognizable if it were not for the lead character's red hair in the trailer.
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Very neat, if it were not for the fact that archaeological evidence appears to show that areas outside Alaska and Yukon were colonised rapidly, starting soon after 15,000 years ago.
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"If it were not for this, we would be dying," said Chief Narciso Kazoizax, wearing a jaguar skin over his shoulders and a headdress of red and blue macaw feathers.
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Capital ratios would have been between around 90bps and 110bps lower at end-3Q16 if it were not for the reduced risk weightings on loans funded by profit-sharing accounts.
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If it were not for the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision a year ago in Glossip v Gross, the task of sourcing the the deadly cocktails would be even tougher.
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The photo would look like an ordinary head shot if it were not for the unnatural coloring—Piper's hairline is orange, and her skin is an eggplant shade of purple.
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Although my main focus continues to be photography, I believe I would not have explored those modes of creating if it were not for the department's support in transdisciplinary practice.
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Nadal will be 30, which might seem promising in an age when so many veteran players have thrived, if it were not for all the miles on Nadal's fragile knees.
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Uganda had three Ebola deaths in June, and if it were not for the recent scare, it would now be declared Ebola-free, having achieved 42 days with no new cases.
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He has not said that he would have charged Trump if it were not for the OLC opinion, or that he did not charge Trump because of the OLC opinion. Rep.
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If it were not for the shale revolution in states like Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota, the Saudis would have been able to push gas prices much higher than they have.
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Mr. Feroli calculates that if it were not for online retailers, of which Amazon is by far the biggest, there would be 1.2 million more retailing jobs in the United States.
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Ford believes Kavanaugh's alleged actions were "attempted rape" and "that if it were not for the severe intoxication of Brett Kavanaugh, she would have been raped," Katz told NBC's "Today" program.
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Meanwhile, South Africa's fragility score increased by 2.4 points last year, and would be worse if it were not for the strength of its institutions, says J. J. Messner, the FfP's director.
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Clinton has become more vocal in recent months following her loss in November and continues to claim she would have won if it were not for "attacks" from Comey and the Russians.
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"If it were not for retaliation, which I think is correct, by the president, it would be really hard to believe that we could be going anywhere near a recession," Cramer said.
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"The US humiliating Iran this way sent such a message to North Korea: If it were not for your nuclear weapons, we would be more brutal on you," he wrote on Twitter.
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If it were not for tourism, we could also say goodbye to the wildebeest migration — among the last great land migrations on Earth, with over a million animals moving across the Serengeti.
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The Earth and Mars happen to have days of very similar lengths, which is why, if it were not for the Moon, the Earth's axis would jerk back and forth as Mars's does.
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He might have stayed indefinitely, if it were not for the Walt Disney Company's surprise acquisition of the majority of the Rupert Murdoch-owned company, a deal that shareholders approved over the summer.
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"If it were not for the democratizing force of technology reaching me where I was growing up [in India], my entire story wouldn't have been possible," Nadella recently told me over the phone.
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"If it were not for the sea, I wouldn't know how to swim today," Sana Jalleb, a bespectacled 18-year-old playing soccer in a local sports hall, said on a recent weekday.
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"The notion we are going to have a cultural expansion or change in this company would not have happen if it were not for Satya, quite frankly," Thompson said, Business Insider previously reported.
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They believe that feedback is personal, that rejections are gender-biased punishment, and that if it were not for systemic and rampant hatred of men, I would be representing them and selling their book.
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Dubstep would perhaps not exist in the way it did if it were not for Shoreditch's Plastic People and Brixton's Mass, two places that are now closed and will never incubate another scene again.
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If it were not for the capitulation of both Red Bulls and Sebastian Vettel's big mistake after the safety car on Sunday, then a more familiar podium picture would have been the case again.
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If it were not for his impish joy — the clear fact that he is having a lot of fun setting the country on fire — more voters would see his malevolence for what it is.
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If it were not for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the admission that it is a publisher would make Facebook liable for every word of defamation and slander on its various platforms.
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At the time the ADA was passed in 1990, transgender people were diagnosed with "gender identity disorder," which might have been covered under the law if it were not for the Helms-inspired exclusion.
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Trump has made unsubstantiated claims since his election win in November that "millions of people" voted against him illegally and he would have won the popular vote if it were not for voter fraud.
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However, these two reasons would not be as important if it were not for a third factor that became evident in 2016: the loss of control on the primary process by the political parties' establishment.
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They would not even be here if it were not for the original "Cool Runnings" team, who recruited them to the national squad, and have largely funded their training and competition schedule through business endeavors.
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But she has learned to manage her health problems and is having a late-career renaissance that might be a much bigger talking point if it were not for her younger sister's late-career surge.
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Indeed, Congress would not have had a role at all on the Iran nuclear agreement if it were not for a bill that Corker co-authored mandating a congressional review and vote on the agreement.
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The economy would have grown 0.4 percent at the end of last year as well if it were not for the impact of the yellow vest anti-government unrest, which INSEE estimated at 0.1 percentage point.
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If it were not for four women, Iago would be standing on a dark, empty stage at the Delacorte Theater this summer, swatting away mosquitoes, with his voice drowned out by distant honks and dog howls.
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Russia's latest demands for rolling back U.S. and NATO defensive preparations to how they were in 2010 would seem laughable, if it were not for Moscow's recent solid track record in manipulating the West to its advantage.
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"This shows what could have been done and should have been done 10 years ago if it were not for political influence that Mr. Epstein and his lawyers brought to bear on the process," Boies told CNN.
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All of the women received settlements, but they allege that if it were not for Clark Love's mishandling of the claims and failure to admit its mistakes, they would have been in line for much bigger payouts.
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If it were not for the significant effects redrawn districts have on "the composition of a legislature" and "the things that a legislature does", legislators would not take such pains in "drawing, contesting and defending districting plans".
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This might not have been as striking to me if it were not for the fact that my trip was to Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor), a small island of 1.2 million people between Indonesia and Australia.
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The technology underpinning these experiences seems genuinely advanced, and if it were not for a multi-year blitzkrieg marketing campaign insisting a reality where pixels blend seamlessly with IRL physics was imminent, it might have felt truly impressive.
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"There would be no Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, Carly Fiorina, if it were not for the work, the road that she has paved, she and Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem, these icons of the women's movement," said Saal.
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Katrougalos said that if it were not for the IMF, which wants Greece to make bolder pension changes and reform its income tax model, euro zone lenders would already have signed off on their review of Greek reforms.
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I am sure if it were not for Marriage and her fellow reporters, the Presidents Club -- and other secretive dining clubs -- would have carried on as before, utterly impervious to the social upheaval happening outside their closed doors.
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"Trump's comments were actually very strong and the won would have moved more if it were not for the overall cautious mood before the Fed's decision," said Kim Doo-un, a foreign exchange analyst at Hana Financial Investment Seoul.
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The upshot is that the plans would have been legally online if it were not for a judge in Seattle blocking the availability of the gun printing plans after a handful state attorneys general sued to stop its release.
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We would have seen many more cases outside China by now — and probably deaths — if it were not for the government's efforts, and the progress they have made to protect their own people and the people of the world.
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"If it were not for the embargo, they would be able to access a robust capital market for financing Western aircraft," said Samuel Engel, the senior vice president at ICF Consulting and an expert in the international airline industry.
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Milan is still severely lacking in diversity, and if it were not for Tommy x Zendaya, Gypsy Sport, Chromat, Christian Siriano, Prabal Gurung, Eckhaus Latta, Burnett, Simone Rocha and Balenciaga, The Fashion Spot notes this report would be very different.
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If it were not for this reliability issue I would not hesitate to recommend the product, as — when not going crazy — the real-time feedback it provides really helps you manage a variety of pollution risks in and around your home.
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Poloz told the newspaper the economy would be even stronger if it were not for the uncertainty about what NAFTA will look like, though he said the central bank is heartened that business sentiment has strengthened even amidst the unknown.
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More than 6900 percent of Republicans in Texas and Florida think there is widespread voter fraud and 2628 percent of Republicans in those states think Trump would win the election if it were not for fraud, according to the poll.
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"Both of these things are good reasons to legally end my 30-year marriage, if it were not for the fact that I can remain on my estranged spouse's excellent, and inexpensive, health insurance plan if we stay married," she said.
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Since our electorate is based on C.P.S. data, it tends to show Democrats doing a hair better among white voters — but there would be almost no difference at all if it were not for the differences in the composition of the electorate.
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"If it were not for the fact that we have a very pragmatic Chinese administration, which also understands how to play its parts with the U.S. administration, this would be something that almost surely be heading towards a blow up," he added.
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If it were not for a scout turning his attention away from the highly prized prospects in front of him and instead settling his gaze on a smaller, overlooked switch-hitter, Ramirez might be somewhere else today instead of in Major League Baseball.
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In "22916," taken in 1988, two green-covered hills anchor what would be a breathtaking image — if it were not for the fact that we see one of the hills sliced as if it were several layers of cake, its rocky insides revealed.
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She told CNN in May that she would have won the election if it were not for WikiLeaks and then-FBI Director James Comey's decision to release a letter regarding the FBI investigation into her use of a private email server days before the election.
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IF IT were not for the "Republican Party" label that will appear under his name on ballots on November 6th—and the efforts of his opponent, Scott Wallace, to paint him red—it would not be especially obvious to voters that Brian Fitzpatrick is a Republican.
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"This certainly doesn't hurt the case for a hike (in July) with growth beating expectations and with Statistics Canada sounding fairly aggressive that it would have been stronger yet if it were not for adverse weather effects," said Derek Holt, vice president of capital markets economics at Scotiabank.
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Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg told employees he would have been fired from Facebook multiple times if it were not for his total control over the company, according to audio recordings obtained by Casey Newton at The Verge from two internal meetings held with employees in July.
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If it were not for Luis Severino, the 23-year-old right-hander who has emerged as the star of the Yankees' starting staff, Sabathia would have a rightful claim to the title he held for more than a decade with Cleveland, Milwaukee and, since 2009, the Yankees: ace.
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"While I am excited about our federal prospects, the fact is that we could not have gotten to this point if it were not for the great reforms that Utah and other 'red' states around the country are enacting," Republican Utah Senator Mike Lee told Reuters, referring to states that predominantly support the Republican Party.
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And so I would go so far as to say Prime would not have continued to exist and would not be close to what it is today if it were not for the work that the operations team ... did to innovate and figure out how to bring down the cost of two-day fulfillment.
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Having alienated many foreign investors over his thinly-disguised shakedown of the country's rich and powerful, and alleged involvement in the Khashoggi affair, the heir apparent's sense of isolation would be close to complete if it were not for the continuing support of much of the Saudi population, particularly the young, who have embraced his social reforms.
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"I think it's arguable that in a lot of cases, we would be seeing rate decreases or flat rates if it were not for some of the other changes that have been making the marketplaces less stable and more challenging for insurers," said Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
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However, we have to admit that it would not have been mentioned in the first place if it were not for President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE's partial withdrawal from the arenas of global conflict over the past eight years — most notably from Iraq and Syria.
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One senior Republican official with ties to both Mr. Trump and Mr. Scott predicted the governor would likely use his role leading the cleanup after Hurricane Michael as cover to avoid coming to any political events — but this official acknowledged that if it were not for the storm, the governor would likely come up with another excuse to sidestep the risk of standing beside the ever-unpredictable president.
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A former Sinclair Broadcast Group reporter said in an interview published on Wednesday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE would not have won the election if it were not for the media company.
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Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump moves forward with F-16 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (Texas) has run a brilliant campaign, and if it were not for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE, he'd probably be on the verge of wrapping up the Republican nomination by now.
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