And he has battled against Douglas Hogg, the agriculture secretary, to win special treatment for Scottish beef farmers.
He had access to powerful people and he could get special treatment for his clients, sometimes in the form of targeted federal money, or earmarks.
Adherents demand such concessions as special treatment for them and their faith in public spaces, private corporations, schools, communities and government at every level.
And though the Russians may promise special treatment for the space programme, they have already made and broken such promises more times than anyone cares to remember.
Chung claims that White House aide Evan Ryan met with him in the first lady's office about the possibility of special treatment for Chinese businessmen that Chung was meeting with.
Chung previously told reporters that William's aide, Evan Ryan, met with him in the first lady's office about the possibility of special treatment for Chinese businessmen that Chung was meeting with.
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We can all imagine the headlines - "special treatment for black women" or "black women denied the same rights as white" - all of which would miss the true underlying medical differences.
By the same token, he has rejected the claim of Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the finance minister, that Golkar is pursuing her only because she has resisted special treatment for Bakrie family firms.
The enemies of action include lobbyists who want to keep special treatment for their respective industries embedded in the current tax code, or unions that oppose immigration reform for high-skilled foreign workers.
In part, government spending has resulted in great revenue and profit for the few under a tax system designed to provide special treatment for the assets they own and the income they receive.
Part of the strategy involves demonstrating that such speech is uniquely inciting to Muslims and certain to result in violence: the narrative of the "Fragile Muslim" requiring special treatment for Muslims and Islam.
However, with the budget deficits and proposals for a flat tax (without special treatment for capital gains), it is clearly possible that the long-term capital gains rate could be higher than 20% at some point in the future.
While I have no idea if any of those companies are planning to say anything material this week, I might remind you and them what the Commission was concerned about is that information be made available to all investors on an equal basis, without special treatment for those who, say, have the time, money and access to attend a Goldman Sachs conference.
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But note again that the largest group excluded from paying income tax because of special tax expenditures are seniors, who get a bigger standard deduction than younger folks and more importantly, special tax treatment for their Social Security benefits.
Is there no resentment from the majority who are not singled out for special treatment?
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"We're not asking for special treatment, but neither will we be treated as less than anyone else, " he said.
While shariah would certainly be covered by ALAC, it is not singled out for special treatment.
The spokesman did not provide specific details on what kind of special treatment Madonna reportedly asked for.
"We have to avoid the perception that some groups are singled out for special treatment, " Mr Denham said.
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Mr Sarkozy has similarly criticised demands for special treatment from France's Muslim community.
It is not to swoop into a restaurant dressed as Anton Ego and carrying a huge notebook, looking for special treatment.
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Still, just being a prolific amateur reviewer doesn't qualify someone for special treatment when he or she goes out to eat.
Also notable is that oral contraceptives are singled out, among thousands of drugs, for special treatment through the ban on co-pay requirements.
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"It is common practice across Northern Ireland and Great Britain and across the world, we're not asking for special treatment, " he said.
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Furthermore, the government does sometimes single out certain citizens for special treatment.
Parents can make their own cases for special treatment but usually hire lawyers if they are going after a big-ticket item like private school tuition.
Why should British beef be singled out for special treatment?
"Banks are being singled out for special treatment, " Magnani says.
Solicitor General Paul Clement got only a few sentences out of his mouth before Justices Scalia and O'Connor bore in, noting that the federal government is asking for special treatment.
If the president singles out for special treatment any faith or seeks, whether wittingly or not, to advance the agenda of its most intolerant practitioners, that is decidedly our business.
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