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  • Many companies remain reluctan t to speak out, and even those whose executives complain aren't reducing their presence in China.

    China Is Coming Under Fire 2010

  • In Rehnquist's view, it is "a desirable phenomenon" that federal judges are "reluctan (t) to decide a case against the government on an issue of national security during a war" (p. 221).

    IsThatLegal? 2003

  • One in three people with a strong family history of bipolar disorder (manic depression) are reluctan ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • One in three people with a strong family history of bipolar disorder (manic depression) are reluctan ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

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