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While the primary actors were US based, the philosophy is standard Old-World.
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They still think that Germany (or whatever Old-World backwater they hail from) has the highest standard of living and that America should adopt all of these various European practices and so on.
European Scientists and America, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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While the primary actors were US based, the philosophy is standard Old-World.
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While the primary actors were US based, the philosophy is standard Old-World.
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"Discarding Old-World models, she constructed, costumed and trained her own marionettes, which have little in common with traditional puppets, for they are neither grotesque nor humorous, being of the exquisite magic of elfland."
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"Discarding Old-World models, she constructed, costumed and trained her own marionettes, which have little in common with traditional puppets, for they are neither grotesque nor humorous, being of the exquisite magic of elfland."
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This predominantly Bordeaux blend is concentrated on the palate with tropical notes and a rich, almost Old-World character running through it.
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While the primary actors were US based, the philosophy is standard Old-World.
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I managed to squeak out an innocuous comment about the wheat bread she had been eating, in conjunction with my Grandfather's Old-World preference for whole grains, this in the days before health food, and I believe I got a head nod in response, possibly a soft "hmmm" of acknowledgement, as she gathered up her things.
Eliezer Sobel: Calling Dr. Laura: Old Loves And The Boundaries Of Fidelity 2010
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I managed to squeak out an innocuous comment about the wheat bread she had been eating, in conjunction with my Grandfather's Old-World preference for whole grains, this in the days before health food, and I believe I got a head nod in response, possibly a soft "hmmm" of acknowledgement, as she gathered up her things.
Calling Dr. Laura: Old Loves And The Boundaries Of Fidelity Eliezer Sobel 2010
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