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Disdaining theatricality and not wanting to obscure the "enigma peculiar to each living creature," he chose to cast nonprofessionals, calling them "models" rather than "actors."
Salvation at the Forum Kristin M. Jones 2012
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Disdaining regrets, Miliband has delegated any apologising to his shadow chancellor, who maintains, since anything else would require his resignation, that Labour has nothing to be sorry about other than an overly light touch with City regulation an unavoidable confession given the FSA's findings on RBS.
Will modern-day politicians never stop saying sorry? | Catherine Bennett 2012
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Disdaining Maxtla's reward, none turned him in though many recognized him in his peasant disguise.
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Disdaining Maxtla's reward, none turned him in though many recognized him in his peasant disguise.
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Disdaining therefore to answer him, I made to push past him.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Disdaining Maxtla's reward, none turned him in though many recognized him in his peasant disguise.
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Disdaining chronology, he adopted a random method, selecting episodes in his adventurous life and shaping them into complete, self-contained narratives, in the fashion of a novelist rather than an autobiographer.
Watershed 2010
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Disdaining Roosevelt's ideas as much as President Roosevelt had despised Louis Tiffany's Victorian White House 'improvements', Truman's architects tried to simplify whatever they could, whenever they could.
Michael Henry Adams: Might the Obamas Restore Lost White House Glory? 2009
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Disdaining coffee heretofore, on this enchanted evening, of gin and tonic, vintage wines and green Chartreuse, how welcomed was the tiny cup of steaming black liquid, stirred with a golden spoon.
Michael Henry Adams: Great Houses of New York: River House, the Best Address, Part IV 2009
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Disdaining Alecs offered assistance, Jace pulled himself up to a standing position, using the wall to hold him up.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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