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On the other hand, I am clearly missing the Dan Brown gene: the calculatedness of the pacing short chapters, cliffhangers at the end of virtually every chapter, etc. is weirdly exhausting to me.
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It shows more calculatedness on the part of the killer.
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It shows more calculatedness on the part of the killer.
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There was a terrible calculatedness in this that went far beyond bestiality.
beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980
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Some of it is a modern version of a very ancient feeling that exchange is in some sense degrading, partly because of its calculatedness, partly because it seems to be unproductive in the sense that it seems to produce no physical embodiment of value, especially where it looks as if equal values are exchanged.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas KENNETH E. BOULDING 1968
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Yes, the vapidness bothers me, but it's the cold-blooded calculatedness that really bothers me, I guess.
The Truth About Cars Paul Niedermeyer 2010
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