One e-mail avowed that too many majors and lieutenant colonels flounder in their first joint assignments. |
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However, from this position of avowed inferiority, could I possibly make two tiny observations? |
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I'm bowled over by a Pentecostal preacher who is honest to the extent that I, an avowed agnostic, am prepared to sing hosannas to him. |
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Though originally avowed as apolitical, politics keeps intruding in these pages. |
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The executives of international oil corporations, avowed globalizers in theory, are in practice the friends of regressive political economies. |
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The first of the founding fathers of Africa, who took the reins of Ghana in 1957, was an avowed pan-Africanist. |
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They can also see that the candidates have avowed not to disturb the corporate status quo. |
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In the 2005 parliamentary elections, 99 per cent of Kurds voted for nationalist parties with an avowed secessionist agenda. |
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Stormfront has become a bridge to the mainstream, where controversial comments strangely mirror the rhetoric of avowed racists. |
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I've long been an avowed enemy of benchmarking, because at its heart it amounts to exaltation of imitation. |
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The avowed objective was to underpin one of the favored Lebanese factions enmeshed in the multilateral disputes in the country. |
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The Fascist Party openly avowed its aversion to democracy and the liberal state. |
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There are a lot of regular guests who turn up just to tuck into salads, including many who are avowed weight-watchers. |
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For many avowed foodies and shopaholics, a trip to the FoodWorld is almost a weekly ritual that they thoroughly enjoy. |
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At no other period in the history of man have the environment and development been viewed as such avowed enemies. |
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Meanwhile, Baby Brother avowed that such a request was unfair, since the error was innocent and inconsequential. |
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It is a great tragedy that such research bodies in social sciences be controlled by those who are avowed opponents of secularism. |
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The Italian Pontecorvo, an avowed communist, had wanted to make a tract against colonialism. |
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His invocation of Lincoln and Washington, and his avowed determination to make hard choices, suggest the former. |
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If this was the best the gutter press could come up with, allies avowed, then he really was home and dry. |
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So, it was with some admiration that I spoke to Leanne Cusitar, an avowed polyamorist for the last six years. |
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The same general policy was true for adults, and the avowed aim of the justice system was rehabilitation. |
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Mr. Blunkett was clear in his avowed intention to undertake full consultation. |
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Such avowed Protestants embrace universalism on the grounds that all are condemned in Christ's death but accepted in His resurrection. |
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Not until 1886 was Bradlaugh, an avowed atheist, allowed to take his seat in Parliament. |
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The Respect MP, an avowed champagne socialist, has a penchant for good food. |
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Berezovsky is now in exile in London, an avowed enemy of President Putin. |
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Every time he avowed that he wanted to be admired, not liked, Mr. Giuliani was, in Mr. Siegel's view, laying claim to his Machiavellian princeliness. |
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It may be that mother was growing more unhappy but I do not believe that she avowed her unhappiness and asserted a trial separation when coming to England. |
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Trocchi, novelist and avowed internationalist, could keep quiet no longer. |
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Aḥmad Bey, who ruled from 1837 to 1855, was an avowed modernizer and reformer. |
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An avowed creationist who consults for a food lobby hardly seems an appropriate choice to fulfill these criteria. |
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And it may cease to be a worry at all if the avowed opponents of stop-and-frisk have their way. |
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His avowed goal had once been to get his American citizenship by boxing for the U.S. Olympic team and then turn pro. |
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When the rebels arrived in Manchester, a centre of Jacobitism, on 28 November there were public celebrations among avowed Jacobites and a small Manchester regiment was raised. |
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Still, for an avowed family man, Ellin retains an air of up-for-whatever breeziness. |
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The avowed goal of these people is to diminish the federal government to the point where it will cease to exist. |
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Their avowed aim was to help the military fight communism and the insurgent forces. |
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We all know that Kim's father was an avowed movie buff – it's only fitting that his son follow in his footsteps. |
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For all her avowed interest in the drama of humanity, Denis is vague to the point of opacity about her own family life. |
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It transforms the right to selfdetermination into an avowed right to independence. |
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It thus confirms Switzerland's avowed intention of meeting the challenge of protecting civilians in armed conflicts. |
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She avowed that she has taken our plea for sustainability for our organizations to the government. |
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This action should gain from the Mayor's avowed willingness to work on local government structures. |
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Likewise Montesquieu in his Essay on Taste owes him more than is avowed. |
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He is, at once, a forward looking evolutionist, and an avowed eugenicist. |
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The indulgence was a consequence of the context, of the avowed project. |
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Guided by a realized guru and avowed to the unreality of the world, the initiate meditates on himself as Brahman, Absolute Reality, to break through the illusion of maya. |
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The agency's inclusiveness, its solicitude toward the divergent perspectives of many different stakeholders, fit with its avowed mission of neutrality. |
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Some examples of partition have been accepted, with the original land being divided between two sets of peoples, this despite the avowed respect for territorial integrity. |
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The fashionableness of a fact-or-fiction binary puts avowed believers on the defensive, forcing them to choose between admitting to ridiculous-sounding convictions or denying their faith. |
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The principles avowed to authorize the use of force may seem highly tempting and perfectly reasonable, but we face a twofold difficulty in that respect. |
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My avowed ambition is that the present book would contribute to the recognition of what should already be considered as a specialization of CPT: nCPT of the child. |
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Indeed, one avowed and relentless blog critic3 of the Liberal government, and in particular Prime Minister Paul Martin, was quick to admit, to his own bemusement, his reluctant support for the Budget effort. |
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In a similar vein, a sports centre has given up storing its customers' biometric data in a central file in an avowed attempt to develop customer loyalty. |
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Touted as outsiders for the championship and arriving in town with the avowed intention of reaching the final, the side coached by Eduardo Rergis only roused themselves from their torpor when time had run out. |
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He was an avowed enemy of rampant spiritualizing and irresponsible allegory. |
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Though he is said to have softened his views, Mr Ocalan's avowed Leninism hardly heralds a democrat. But killing him judicially would still be a mistake. |
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Waagner, an avowed opponent of abortion who has been convicted of bank robbery, carjacking and firearms offences, escaped from an Illinois prison in February. |
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The avowed aim is to maximise the impact of Community action at national, regional and local levels whilst fully abiding by the principle of subsidiarity. |
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Focussing on terrorists in Italy and Germany today, writer finds that they are unprecedented neither in the atrociousness of their acts nor in the fundamental romanticism and irrationality of their avowed aims. |
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He married a daughter of Danylo of Halych, who was the Mongols' avowed enemy. |
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Notwithstanding the severity of the above consequences, perhaps the most prominent casualty is the Service's avowed commitment to compliance with the law. |
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The lord made a boast of his libertinism, and frequently avowed that he held all women to be fair game. |
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As to religious values, however, while Hobbes was an avowed Anglican, Bentham was a determined opponent of religion. |
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Shelley was given the choice to be reinstated after his father intervened, on the condition that he would have to recant his avowed views. |
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I avowed outright my entire disbelief in the whole scheme of revealed religion. |
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Warren Buffett is an avowed avoider of high technology, but even the world's most famous investor cannot dodge Twitter. |
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I am an avowed and persistent appreciator of this comforting beverage, which has become part of Brazilian culture as a constant symbol of the hospitality and friendliness of the Brazilian people. |
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The Liberals and the New Democrats are trying to play down the pact they signed with the only party in this House that is an avowed and zealous opponent of national unity. |
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We all remember the traces of mistrust in Parliament towards the newly formed Commission, a mistrust that became the majority opinion due to one nominee's avowed views on discrimination. |
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Inspired by this promising portrait and faithful to its avowed aim of sustainable innovation, the Roquette group took up the challenge of creating an industry devoted to microalgae. |
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Guillaume Dufay composed several songs lamenting the fall of the Eastern church, and the duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, avowed to take up arms against the Turks. |
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In 1883, Calcutta was host to the first national conference of the Indian National Association, the first avowed nationalist organisation in India. |
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Garner, for the avowed purpose of making them easier to understand. |
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Intercultural communication can be linked with identity, which means the competent communicator is the person who can affirm others' avowed identities. |
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That day, the Yongle Emperor ordered the undertaking of fifth voyage, which had the avowed objective to return the 18 ambassadors and to reward their kings. |
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These seminars, sometimes called boot camps because of their avowed level of intensity, typically run over two days and feature high-powered speakers and topics. |
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Avowed influences include everything from The B52s to math rock by way of straight-up punk. |
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Avowed influences include everything from The B-52s to math rock by way of good ol' straight-up punk, making want to party! |
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