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And therefore do we come before you today---repentant, ashamed, mortified to behold our transgressions against you---seeking not your forgiveness for we would not dare, but only the slightest chance of proving to you that we have changed.
John Shore: An Open Letter From Christians To Gay People John Shore 2012
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And therefore do we come before you today---repentant, ashamed, mortified to behold our transgressions against you---seeking not your forgiveness for we would not dare, but only the slightest chance of proving to you that we have changed.
John Shore: An Open Letter From Christians To Gay People John Shore 2012
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Finally, a literature on “rent”-seeking Tullock 1967; Krueger 1974; Posner 1975; and Buchanan, Tollinson, and Tullock 1980 analyzes the societal costs that are caused by economic actors seeking favors from the government: Above and beyond distortions that government interventions cause in the market place, resources are wasted in competing over who will gain governmental favors.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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Finally, a literature on “rent”-seeking Tullock 1967; Krueger 1974; Posner 1975; and Buchanan, Tollinson, and Tullock 1980 analyzes the societal costs that are caused by economic actors seeking favors from the government: Above and beyond distortions that government interventions cause in the market place, resources are wasted in competing over who will gain governmental favors.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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Spurred by an "enlightenment"-seeking armadillo Alfred Molina, he sets out on a journey of self-discovery that includes momentarily landing on the windshield of the "Fear and Loathing" convertible, with Depp's former character inside.
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