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It has not courted any faction of Egyptian society, other than to meet selectively with a few young people whose names have gained notice.

Cameron was already seen as close to News Corp. , having courted the company in an effort to win its election endorsement.

Famously, he successfully courted his future wife, Michelle, by taking her to an organizing training session in a church basement.

It was a death wish, a fool's errand, and he had never courted death or been a fool.

He never courted her, while she knew that he loved her. A girl's intuition wouldn't mistaken it.

They were cheap dates - I've never been much of a sport - but my results matched those of acquirers who courted higher-priced toads.

She had been courted by a wealthy suitor, whose addresses her mother had favoured, not withstanding the objection of old age and deformity.

The newly appointed editor of Russian Vogue has courted controversy by putting Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress on her first front cover .

She married young, having found a man who courted her enthusiastically.

After years of isolation and banishment from many Arab countries, its leaders are again being courted by governments in the region.

The Irishman , for such I understood him to be, was stark mad at this bait, in short, he courted me, made me presents .

Ambitious Schafernaker has courted controversy before when he appeared seminaked on the cover of a gay magazine Attitude Active .

Many of the Taliban's new leaders are being courted by Al Qaeda and other extremists who do not support making a deal with President Karzai.

It's why he never married again, never courted female company.

It has courted outside partners and suppliers but has fairly strict rules for how applications look and behave in its devices.

Fearing of her own assassination, she courted the power of Roman Empire.

Ugliness turned me inside out. There was a certain satisfaction in bitterness. I courted it.

Nuclear-armed India, it notes, was once a pariah and is now courted by America with offers of nuclear help.

But booming demand is pulling wages higher in India and costly training is now needed to lure workers being courted by other companies.

He knew that both firms, Europe's second- and third-biggest respectively, had previously courted First Choice, the fourth in the rankings.

A middle-aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time.

Faced with an ageing population and low fertility, Singapore's government has long courted foreigners to plug gaps in the workforce.

Wayne signed his own deal with DreamWorks Nashville in 2001, after being courted by producer Chris Lindsey and James Stroud.

The coup also brought in a crackdown on fringe groupings of Islamic extremists courted by the former BNP government.

Mr. Son aggressively courted Apple to be the exclusive Japanese carrier for the iPhone and the iPad.

And if I met you back then, abcI would've courted to you.

Until the previous summer, Stuart had courted India Wilkes with the approbation of both families and the entire County.

At the time I was a sophomore in high school, courted by a favorite English teacher to write a theater review for the school newspaper.

And if I met you back then, I would've courted to you.

Eager for a sympathetic portrayal, Mr Paulson courted HBO and Mr Hurt, even taking the actor on holiday.

Multinational firms seeking office space were aggressively courted, often at the expense of Chinese companies.

He knew he needed a corporate partner and first courted Monroe Calculator Company, which turned him down.

The Spanish midfielder, publically courted by Real Madrid all summer, came on for the final 13 minutes for his first pre-season appearance.

I accept that, for all of us, at times media support was something we courted at the expense of positions of principle on media issues.

When China privatised its big three energy companies and big banks, it courted western oil majors and financial institutions to take stakes.

To have admitted this would have courted political disaster.

Any lady would be fortunate to be courted by you.

Mr Ortega has also courted investment with tax breaks and business-friendly regulations that belie his "socialist" brand.

And the next place that we courted, was in yonder garden grove.

A young man had courted the lazy girl, and the wedding was about to take place.

Saab official has cleared up yesterday's news that the Swedish automaker was being courted by nearly 30 individual parties.

Each leader has courted his own audience; together they reach 70% of Russia's population.

Both companies have courted the Asian market, and the CBOT last month launched a commodity exchange in partnership with Singapore's SGX.

It courted the intelligentsia, professionals and entrepreneurs, showering them with perks and political status.

Mr Obama courted his audience by speaking the odd Arabic word and by quoting from the Koran and emphasising his links to Islam.

But officials in Havana seemed happy to be courted once again.

While bloggers work to organize their own labor movement, their growing numbers are already being courted by some unions.

Mr Thompson has assiduously courted social conservatives, who are discontented with the existing field.

Businesses are courted in Tennessee with high quality worker training program.

Material matters weren't quite so important when previous generations courted.

Many Japanese chefs, especially in the Kansai region, say they never courted this attention.

The army is being subtly courted, with ministerial positions for former generals.

He courted Olivia Langdon of Elmira, New York, and published The Innocents Abroad in 1869, to great popular acclaim.

Three years ago, it opened an online shopping mall and courted well-known brands to sell their goods on the site.

Republicans candidates appear to have courted her only in the days ahead of Alaska's Feb. 5, 2008, primary.

Foreign executives visiting China were courted by top leaders.

Male-male pairs courted, built nests together and paired off for several weeks.

They have skilfully courted immigrant voters partly by appealing to family values.

The rooks have already courted with their mates, and are building nests in ash, elm and sycamore - a sign that never fails.

His campaign team have assiduously courted the media.

He courted disaster by getting mixed up with criminal types.

"The balmy" came almost as soon as it was courted.

We courted for about eighteen months, and then we got married.

Mr. Lippmann courted clients by giving away T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan: "I am short your house. "

As theircreation expands beyond their wildest dreams, they are courted bysilver-tongued venture capitalists.

On the other hand, she was fiercely courted by the cliquish in-crowd of cheerleaders and athletes, few of whom she could stand.

He courted her parents by shopping for them and won her girlfriends' approval with tall good looks.

Now the voters and the press took him even more seriously because the two of us had courted him so visibly.

A female cuttlefish is courted by two males.

It only gets courted for its resources.

A grown son should be courted as a friend, his advice sought out and his opinion respected.

When Jim courted her, Jane was over the moon.

I courted a wee girl.

The young man courted the young lady by bring her flowers every day.

Funds were courted capital shares, to promote Hong Kong stock market Friday the record high.

It has courted friction with the navies of other nations to mark its claims;

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