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  • It just gets back to the old saying Gore used in "Inconvenient Truth;" when a person's job depends on not "getting" something, then they tend not to "get" it.

    Obama camp: Clinton not looking for a deal 2008

  • According to Fiona Forde, author of a biography entitled An Inconvenient Youth, Mr Malema's allies in the ANC will now be waiting to see if he is arrested, as was reportedly imminent, by the Hawks police anti-corruption unit over allegations that he took cash for influencing government tenders.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Aislinn Laing 2011

  • But overall the critics call An Inconvenient Truth powerful and important.

    NPR Topics: News 2006

  • 'Inconvenient' sounds rather like 'irresponsible', doesn't it?

    Early Ammonia Servicer Reentry - NASA Watch 2008

  • "Inconvenient" is one way to describe Brokeback Mountain; it smashes the American cowboy archetype and provides a more complex view of one silent cowboy who fails to grab hold of his chance to be happy.

    Adam Werbach: Let Brokeback Play 2008

  • Rudy's "Inconvenient" Cell Call was a totally transparent, blatantly obvious PR stunt plain and simple.

    Rudy's Phone Call Interruptus 2007

  • Rudy's "Inconvenient" Cell Call by Eric on Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 2: 58: 27 PM

    Rudy's Phone Call Interruptus 2007

  • "Inconvenient," Eric knew, meant that the network of treaties and promises that bound the Elfhames, and even the Dark and Light Courts, together in an unbreakable web of favors, customs, and obligations, would be severely strained by such interference, maybe even broken.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • "Inconvenient," Eric knew, meant that the network of treaties and promises that bound the Elfhames, and even the Dark and Light Courts, together in an unbreakable web of favors, customs, and obligations, would be severely strained by such interference, maybe even broken.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • Groups with names such as Inconvenient Youth are emerging, often growing through Facebook, Twitter and other social-media outlets.

    azcentral.com | news Shaun McKinnon 2010

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