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If he does, he is the first and the best and the coolest be-cause he pro-nounce-es his words in a jerk-y fash-ion and also because he is utterly reliable, honest, faithful, and a friend to Dorothy.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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Even so, there couldn't be that many kinds of pickled herring, smoked fish, dark rye bread, and mustards on the smorgasbord, be-cause we know from the 1987 movie Babette's Feast that a French woman on the run in Scandinavia after the Paris Commune turned the austere locals into insane bons vivants by means of spices.
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In less extreme contexts, one might persuasively argue that it is wrong to lie, even if the lie has beneficial results, be-cause if everybody lies the social fabric falls apart; people stop relying on each other to keep promises.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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In less extreme contexts, one might persuasively argue that it is wrong to lie, even if the lie has beneficial results, be-cause if everybody lies the social fabric falls apart; people stop relying on each other to keep promises.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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In less extreme contexts, one might persuasively argue that it is wrong to lie, even if the lie has beneficial results, be-cause if everybody lies the social fabric falls apart; people stop relying on each other to keep promises.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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In less extreme contexts, one might persuasively argue that it is wrong to lie, even if the lie has beneficial results, be-cause if everybody lies the social fabric falls apart; people stop relying on each other to keep promises.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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A native of New England, especially a typical seafarer from the coast of Maine, reputed to be unusually tough and reactionary, and supposedly so-called be-cause the region lay east and down-wind of the main American Atlantic ports.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Ne'eman has taken on powerful organizations, specifically Autism Speaks, the largest science and advocacy group in the country, be-cause he believes they rely on fearful stereotypes and focus their research too heavily on what causes autism as opposed to improving quality of life for autistic people today.
Erasing Autism 2009
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She was given this distinction be-cause her extraordinary prewar travels and researches in Arabia Deserta had suddenly acquired strategic importance.
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She was given this distinction be-cause her extraordinary prewar travels and researches in Arabia Deserta had suddenly acquired strategic importance.
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