We should perhaps put asleepingpolicemanin front of this juggernaut.
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In general, thesleepingpolicemanhas a function not always readily acceptable.
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I think the clause on thesleepingpolicemanis a doubtful proposition.
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They are not, to use that politically incorrect phrase, "sleepingpoliceman"—they have gone.
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