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								Canadians needed to hear from the man who would be Prime Minister, they needed a vision, dammit, and an expression of deeply-felt anger at just how far the Conservative government has fallen short of it. Archive 2009-08-01 2009 
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								Their strength, such as it is, comes from having a deeply-felt fervent belief, not from any efficacy argument. 
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								Overlooked in its theatrical release, this deeply-felt drama from gifted writer-director Rodrigo Garcia interweaves the stories of three disparate women: prickly caregiver Annette Bening, tightly-wound career woman Naomi Watts, and single-minded Kerry Washington, who wants to adopt a child. Leonard Maltin: OFF-HOLLYWOOD: The Five Best Indie Movies Worth Seeing This Month Leonard Maltin 2011 
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								People need to eat -- this is a long-held and deeply-felt philosophical position of mine. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2009 
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								And the consequence of that decades-long process has been the emergence of a Republican party that is, to a remarkable degree, built on viscera -- on appeals to anger and resentment, and a deeply-felt conviction that America is breaking down irretrievably and that the way to stop that process is to demonize and marginalize outgroups deemed responsible for that breakdown. Jonathan Weiler: From Soup to Nuts: The Authoritarian Transformation of the Republican Party Jonathan Weiler 2010 
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								And the consequence of that decades-long process has been the emergence of a Republican party that is, to a remarkable degree, built on viscera -- on appeals to anger and resentment, and a deeply-felt conviction that America is breaking down irretrievably and that the way to stop that process is to demonize and marginalize outgroups deemed responsible for that breakdown. Jonathan Weiler: From Soup to Nuts: The Authoritarian Transformation of the Republican Party Jonathan Weiler 2010 
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								Paradoxical as it may seem, I choose a day when I witnessed what was arguably the worst World Cup futball game ever played to offer a formal and deeply-felt apology to the billions of people I offended by characterizing their beloved game as akin to "watching paint dry." Richard Greener: My Apology to Soccer (Futball) Fans Worldwide 2010 
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								Still, this characterization reflects the deeply-felt suspicion among segments of the online community, including many long-time fans of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, that Apple's dominance of the smart-phone market -- at a time when internet use is shifting worldwide from PCs to hand-held devices -- represents a threat to free speech. Peter Scheer: Apple's vetting of iphone apps is ham-handed but not an illegal threat to free speech 2010 
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								Still, this characterization reflects the deeply-felt suspicion among segments of the online community, including many long-time fans of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, that Apple's dominance of the smart-phone market -- at a time when internet use is shifting worldwide from PCs to hand-held devices -- represents a threat to free speech. Peter Scheer: Apple's vetting of iphone apps is ham-handed but not an illegal threat to free speech 2010 
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								But Perkins isn't alone in his deeply-felt ignorance. 
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