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  • "Alienation" is a word one almost never hears from them.

    The Organization Kid 2001

  • "Alienation" is a word one almost never hears from them.

    The Organization Kid 2001

  • Alienation is found also in work, when it is organized so as to ensure maximum returns and profits with no concern whether the worker, through his own labour, grows or diminishes as a person, either through increased sharing in a genuinely supportive community or through increased isolation in a maze of relationships marked by destructive competitiveness and estrangement, in which he is considered only a means and not an end. (par 41)

    About that social encyclical... 2009

  • Alienation is a reason for one character to kill his girlfriend, and the answer to why the rest of a small circle of friends would stay quiet about it.

    Eric’s Top 10 Alienated Youth Movies » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • Alienation is a problem of mine and I know a lot of other people share this too.

    Emerson's Impersonality & Why I Dislike It fantasyecho 2007

  • Alienation is not automatic proof of the justice of one's cause.

    i'm just saying 2005

  • Alienation is transferred, in a sense, to Susie's parents and siblings.

    The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: Questions 2002

  • LAH (voice-over): Friedman and his lawyers came across an Illinois law called the Alienation of Affections Act and sued German Blinov for stealing his wife's affections.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2007 2007

  • Classix case of Culture Clash is aLL, OutSider Syndrome, and "Alienation" From the Crew, due to Differences in Perceived "authority" of the OutSiDER, Young at that, not to mention, they probably just wanted to Undermine his Power & authority as the Ad CrackneLL tried...he's the Reason why the "troops" rallied against Cameron's every move...

    How James Cameron Put Down a Mutiny on the Set of Aliens | /Film 2009

  • They can be grouped into four categories such as Alienation, Monetary, Ideology, Society, and Free Choice

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2009

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