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They feared the breaking-down of the old order and the new voices of emotion and disruption (Nietzsche, Treitschke, Freud, the navy leagues, the Harmsworth press, the social Darwinists, the socialists).
The Imperial Mind 2008
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They feared the breaking-down of the old order and the new voices of emotion and disruption (Nietzsche, Treitschke, Freud, the navy leagues, the Harmsworth press, the social Darwinists, the socialists).
The Imperial Mind 2008
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He details soil studies showing imidacloprid killing springtails, beetles and earthworms; robbing the soils of its necessary beneficial fauna, which in turn are important in breaking-down leaf litter, decomposing organic matter and recycling nutrients.
Dr. Reese Halter: Neonictinoids -- Destroying the Web of Life Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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He details soil studies showing imidacloprid killing springtails, beetles and earthworms; robbing the soils of its necessary beneficial fauna, which in turn are important in breaking-down leaf litter, decomposing organic matter and recycling nutrients.
Dr. Reese Halter: Neonictinoids -- Destroying the Web of Life Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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There was no wailing, no breaking-down, the tears were scarcely visible – this is an army family, schooled in presenting a brave front.
Those who are left 2009
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I have none of what you list, and not even a kleenex for my breaking-down thesis student.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009
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COOPER: Up next, no rhetoric, just the facts, breaking-down the bailout, the economy and the candidates.
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"" We've been obsessed with the breaking-down bit, '' he says, "" and we've forgotten how easy it is to influence people permanently before they're born. ''
The Heart Attackers 2008
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Except that poetry now, even in its broadest sense, is a actually kind of creative unmaking; a breaking-down of the calcified whole-habits of the reader's sensorium so as to bring newness into perception.
Archive 2007-12-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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Except that poetry now, even in its broadest sense, is a actually kind of creative unmaking; a breaking-down of the calcified whole-habits of the reader's sensorium so as to bring newness into perception.
Neotry Adam Roberts Project 2007
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