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By corralling all these pigs, rats, dwarf foxes, golden eagles and human beings into one stormy tale, he's created a raucous exploration of the clumsy role that even the best-intentioned people play in these fragile environs.
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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So, using me as an example, because I'm here, I will tend to see condescension and scorn and attempts to control me in even the best-intentioned advice, and I know I can be violent in defending my boundaries.
people go and stay where they should not. they don't do it like i would. suzych 2009
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Finally, even the best-intentioned school food-service personnel do not have a magic wand they can wave to turn the industrially processed convenience foods they are serving into food cooked from scratch with fresh ingredients.
Maria Rodale: A National Look at School Lunches, Part 2 Maria Rodale 2010
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And even if a production company, existing or emerging, is willing to sign a union contract, even the best-intentioned employers may find it hard to commit to health care and pensions for their employees if a swing in the ratings immediately drains all revenue--and they face union-busting competitors promoting a low road, cut-rate production model.
Nathan Newman: How the Googlization of Television Will Destroy High Wage, Union Hollywood Nathan Newman 2012
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Even the best-intentioned policymakers had not been able to overcome a flawed intelligence strategy that spanned three decades.
Fallout Catherine Collins 2011
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By corralling all these pigs, rats, dwarf foxes, golden eagles and human beings into one stormy tale, he's created a raucous exploration of the clumsy role that even the best-intentioned people play in these fragile environs.
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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And even if a production company, existing or emerging, is willing to sign a union contract, even the best-intentioned employers may find it hard to commit to health care and pensions for their employees if a swing in the ratings immediately drains all revenue--and they face union-busting competitors promoting a low road, cut-rate production model.
Nathan Newman: How the Googlization of Television Will Destroy High Wage, Union Hollywood Nathan Newman 2012
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Even the most professional correspondents and the best-intentioned contributors are cogs in the industrial production of don't-touch-that-dial.
Marty Kaplan: Campaign Colonics Marty Kaplan 2012
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Because some of the best unadvertised airfare sales last only a few hours even if they're good for travel over a long period, even the best-intentioned email alert can be too late.
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I am aware that the cultural, historic and strategic gaps in perception will pose formidable challenges for even the best-intentioned and most far-sighted leadership on both sides.
The China Challenge Henry Kissinger 2011
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