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They always retained a certain simplicity which she called childishness.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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Wow, could you please stop with the need for the last word childishness.
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Update Ben Smith points out that former Republican Congressman Bob Barr is defending the administration's response, saying that the GOP's criticism has demonstrated "childishness."
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I find myself participating in these discussions far less than I would if it were possible to have a mature exchange of viewpoints rather than this kind of childishness.
Thirty-Two Ambassadors Praise Hillary's Foreign Policy Experience -- As First Lady 2009
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MCCONNELL: Look, the security of the nation is much too important for this kind of childishness.
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After an hour Mr. Lincoln caught up with his companions, who laughed at him for what they called his "childishness."
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899
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Irony, cynicism, and pretention have become the watchwords of our age, and vulnerability is now known as a kind of childishness.
Film.com Movie Blog 2009
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