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  • And the eurocracy prefers buying time in the Micawberish hope that something will turn up to keep Euroland from fracturing, rather than face reality.

    Europe's Daily Soap Opera Keeps Rolling Irwin Stelzer 2011

  • And the eurocracy prefers buying time in the Micawberish hope that something will turn up to keep Euroland from fracturing, rather than face reality.

    Europe's Daily Soap Opera Keeps Rolling Irwin Stelzer 2011

  • Imposing financial discipline on the USA as a whole -- on a Micawberish country that forgot the concept of "affordable";

    Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Compensated Free Trade 2010

  • But those Labour MPs who take a Micawberish atitude to their prospects seem pretty likely to be disappointed.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • But those Labour MPs who take a Micawberish atitude to their prospects seem pretty likely to be disappointed.

    Gordon Must Stay! 2009

  • Aristide threw back his head, and laughed at the exquisite humour of the hypothesis, and gaily disclosed his Micawberish situation.

    The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol William John Locke 1896

  • Hitched to a succession of men who abused or neglected her before throwing her out on her ear, the naive young Anna invariably responded with a Micawberish faith in a better tomorrow.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Hitched to a succession of men who abused or neglected her before throwing her out on her ear, the naive young Anna invariably responded with a Micawberish faith in a better tomorrow.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Here, after months of Micawberish hoping for something to turn up, Europe's leaders will have to decide and commit, at a meeting likely to change the continent's economic arrangements for ever.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Here, after months of Micawberish hoping for something to turn up, Europe's leaders will have to decide and commit, at a meeting likely to change the continent's economic arrangements for ever.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

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