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      <excerpt>...- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings. What he got were just more complaints. The Missouri Democrat was on the receiving end earlier this month of an angry torrent of ill will from conservative Web </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...issuing a single complaint. But I&#8217;m willing to give it a try today. Count me in as a belated yet enthusiastic supporter of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver&#8217;s proposal that we set aside the day before Thanksgiving as &#8220;Complaint Free Wednesday.&#8221; If that ticks</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a single complaint. But I&#8217;m willing to give it a try today. Count me in as a belated yet enthusiastic supporter of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver&#8217;s proposal that we set aside the day before Thanksgiving as &#8220;Complaint Free Wednesday.&#8221; If that ticks you off</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a single complaint. But I&#8217;m willing to give it a try today. Count me in as a belated yet enthusiastic supporter of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver&#8217;s proposal that we set aside the day before Thanksgiving as &#8220;Complaint Free Wednesday.&#8221; If that ticks you off</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...The idea came to Mayor Sal Garza from a resident who cited the economy and unemployment as sources of negativity. U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., had a similar idea. He sponsored a bill that would officially deem the day Complaint Free Wednesday. Clea</excerpt>
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Oh, for the Bill Clinton years, when companies were begging for workers &#8212;</excerpt>
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