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Why then, do individuals such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi insist on publicly denigrating, dismissing, and disputing everything that comes out of his mouth?— The Reality Check
In response to the interview, Laura Ingraham played a segment of Meghan McCain's interview with Maddow, and then Ingraham made a comment about how fat she believes McCain is -- dismissing McCain because she's not as thin as a Barbie doll.— Pam's House Blend - Front Page
Or, to put it another way, does he adopt the same attitude to all advertising, not just atheist advertising - dismissing it as a waste of time because it fails in setting out an elaborate chain of reasons?— British Blogs
He then sent for English and American doctors--dismissing them in turn to make way for a Japanese who had him in charge when I left Wuchang.— The Awakening of China
From the dignity of his eighteen years and five feet ten of height, he looked down upon the governess, and patronized her quite tenderly--dismissing his friend and walking home with her, telling her on the way all his affairs and that of his family with the volubility of little David Dalziel at St. Andrews No, I've not forgotten St. Andrews one bit, though I was so small.— The Laurel Bush

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