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Meanwhile, the reporters had not been paid and therefore decided to take matters into their own hands by going public on the Internet.

With the Justice Department providing no public explanation for this breach, lawmakers are beginning to take matters into their own hands.

With no functioning law to fall back on, they knew also that the only way to get a power supply was to take matters into their own hands.

Some media companies have apparently decided to take matters into their own hands rather than wait for the slow pace of the Swedish courts.

A recent trend has been for states and municipalities, frustrated with federal inaction, to attempt to take matters into their own hands.

To help protect women's health, morpheus revolutions points out that doctors sometimes take matters into their own hands.

Many of the women who've been laid off have decided to take matters into their own hands and become business owners.

Some teachers have begun to take matters into their own hands by suing abusive students themselves.

Previously only the military had weapons. Now anyone with sufficient computer skills can take matters into their own hands.

If it fails to do so, perhaps because it is too weak or has its eye on another election, markets may take matters into their own hands.

Bloggers: Asia's top foodies take matters into their own hands and reveal their picks of culinary delights from Hanoi to Mumbai.

With this delusion stripped away, some managers might take matters into their own hands.

Even heroes of faith sometimes take matters into their own hands.

That means they need to take matters into their own hands.

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