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  • "It seek not only to give substance to the principles that underpin our Constitution, namely 'opennes', 'transparency' and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • I think it's more cynical to think that form of democratic opennes is cynical than the contest itself (or just a gross overextension of Obama's catchphrase).

    Hillary's Campaign Song Originally Written For...Air Canada Ad 2009

  • I think it's more cynical to think that form of democratic opennes is cynical than the contest itself ...

    Hillary's Campaign Song Originally Written For...Air Canada Ad 2009

  • School board members and the public are bombarded with arguments that including more than one approach to origins of life in science curricula promotes fairness, academic freedom, and intellectual opennes

    The unexpected promotion of Phil Skell - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • April 29, 2003 @ 7: 11 am this is according to: opennes to experience/intellect: you are relatively open to new experiences. conscientiousness: you probably have a messy desk! extraversion: you probably enjoy spending quiet time alone. agreeableness: you find it easy to criticize others. neuroticism: you are a generally anxious person and tend to worry about things. and a tori-related quiz (results at the bottom): how old do you feel?

    pyxopotamus Diary Entry pyxopotamus 2003

  • My colleague, the MEC for Education deserves a special mention for the opennes with which he has taken the whole saga from the first day he came across it, to today.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • It was a great infirmity in him, that he seem'd to overlooke so many, as he did; since every where, much more in Court, the numerous or lesser sort of attendants can obstruct, create jealousies, spread ill reports, and do harme: for as 'tis impossible, that any power or deportment should satisfy all persons: so there a little friendlines and opennes of carriage begets hope, and lessens envy.

    Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

  • The chairman referred to the third way on several occasions as a "possible" or "preferable" solution, rather than a foregone conculsion. but while he said he was open to considering whatever framework would insure innovation, opennes, and competition, he did suggest an obvious preference.

    B&C - Advertising News 2010

  • i agree that openness will create its own set of problems but opennes is the way to go … now we are focusing on federal but i think there is a long way to go before the government puts up the kind of information that is usable for people to derive serious use out of it. reply

    Can Open Government Be Gamed? Erick Schonfeld 2005

  • i agree that openness will create its own set of problems but opennes is the way to go†¦ now we are focusing on federal but i think there is a long way to go before the government puts up the kind of information that is usable for people to derive serious use out of it. reply

    Can Open Government Be Gamed? Erick Schonfeld 2005

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