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run-up an approach run by an athlete for a long jump, pole vault, etc. run-up [′rən‚əp] (geology) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In addition, bedrock protections for parks and historic sites have been under attack by powerful transportation interests and such protections have been vigorously defended by NRPA in the runup to passage of SAFETEA-LU. IMPACTS: Besides crimping consumer spending, another runup in gas prices would "fuel" calls for another package of major energy legislation, including biofuel incentives. But like a stopped clock, the administration is occasionally right, and it is so about Darfur--even if one may cynically suspect that the sudden resurgent interest in the subject owes as much to Evangelical Christian influence in the runup to mid-term elections as it does to any abstract humanitarian concerns. |
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