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It goes without saying that if one parent lets the kids spend hours on the Wii before getting around to learning the Pythagorean theorem, munch on M&Ms and skip the veggies, then the other stands a good chance of being cast as the bad guy, unfair task-master.
Abby Tolchinsky: Parallel Parenting Abby Tolchinsky 2011
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It goes without saying that if one parent lets the kids spend hours on the Wii before getting around to learning the Pythagorean theorem, munch on M&Ms and skip the veggies, then the other stands a good chance of being cast as the bad guy, unfair task-master.
Abby Tolchinsky: Parallel Parenting Abby Tolchinsky 2011
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Yet, this task-master has its downside: the left brain revels in repetition, fears change, seeks to control and maintains a sense of distance from the environment.
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: Boomer Redux: 5 Ways to Reinvent Yourself from the Inside Out Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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Yet, this task-master has its downside: the left brain revels in repetition, fears change, seeks to control and maintains a sense of distance from the environment.
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: Boomer Redux: 5 Ways To Reinvent Yourself From The Inside Out Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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Yet, this task-master has its downside: the left brain revels in repetition, fears change, seeks to control and maintains a sense of distance from the environment.
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: Boomer Redux: 5 Ways to Reinvent Yourself from the Inside Out Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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Gordon Ramsay, the feisty task-master of reality-television show Hell's Kitchen, runs this year-old spot at the One
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Testosterone is a hard task-master; very few men are able to subdue its power over their imaginations.
“Crying Girl” DVD makes me cry, but not for the obvious reason « Gender Across Borders 2010
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Taylor himself is at once a brutal task-master, insecure about his work, and overall, a somewhat lonely human being, owing to a solitary early life in foster care.
John Farr: Divine Inspirations: Our Finest Arts Documentaries 2009
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Yes, he has a reputation as a tough task-master and a hard-driving individual.
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If it were modeled on Hoover, it could be a very good thing, precisely because while Hoover has a squishy tilt, it is a not a political task-master in any sense and it understands far better than most traditional academic institutions the role of free thought, particularly in academia.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Soros Initiative on the Economics Profession? 2009
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