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  • In his insistence that "the true enemies of the novel [are] plot, character, setting and theme," John Hawkes was proposing that fiction also might exhibit such a dispostion toward language, that it might be "poetic" and thereby defiantly, exultantly useless.

    Narrative Strategies 2009

  • I normally never judge people on their looks, but what this guy stands for and his dispostion, I find him truly repulsive.

    Think Progress » Roger Ailes Admits That The White House Might Have ‘Legitimate Complaints’ About Fox News 2010

  • He can say lots of good words why not? but the bottom line, he had no dispostion nor originality, is this the guy are we proud to be president?

    Clinton: Democratic nomination process needs to change 2008

  • Of course, Congress is partly to blame for giving the Executive branch a little too much control over specific policy areas, ceding to the President too much discretion over the dispostion of finances.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Matt Johnston 2009

  • Public speaking A guy with a nervous dispostion isnt well suited for speaking infront of large groups.

    dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008

  • Father Tim in Blackfen reminds us of our obligations, and proper dispostion for Communion.

    Proper dispositions for Holy Communion de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The sweet little girl with the sunny dispostion and sunshine smile is back in the news.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

  • Father Tim in Blackfen reminds us of our obligations, and proper dispostion for Communion.

    Archive 2008-08-17 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • While I do not believe in anything except the concept of a one man/one woman relationship, with bonds for life through marriage – there are some human beings with a genetic dispostion that affects their sexual preferences.

    Think Progress » Brit Hume: Governors Wanted FEMA To Be Incompetent 2005

  • I opened the package to find a cool card and note from my friend and editor Miss Kitty nicknamed for her adorable fashionista vintage cat glasses and her friendly kittenish dispostion., who had read my blog entry On Shedding and hastily sent a care package my way.

    Pre-Mother's Day Jitters 2005

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