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The solution soi disant is to concrete over the South of England thus equalising supply and demand but I see two problems.
Archive 2007-07-08 Newmania 2007
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The solution soi disant is to concrete over the South of England thus equalising supply and demand but I see two problems.
House ! Newmania 2007
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And I'm not a liberal, soi-disant, meaning a communist in mufti.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The prepared food counters at Whole Foods do sell takeout food marketed to soi-disant gourmands, though.
My Guess on Take-Out, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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[...] #3: Julian Sanchez: How is it that there are so many soi-disant liberal guys who think that the rule against [...] sidereal
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In other words, slavery was a major indirect cause of the Civil War and the soi disant “Noble Cause” was doomed to ultimate failure because of the demonstrated political incompetence of the southern social and political aristocracy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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And the more soi-disant libertarians defend him, the more they tarnish their putatively non-racist philosophy.
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It certainly cannot be used uncritically – yet critical use requires being able to look at the evidence that the soi disant historian has kept out of sight.
Iraq 2010
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At the same time, the embrace of privatization schemes by the soi disant deficit hawk community is one of the reasons that the Concord Coalition crowd has fallen into such discredit on the left.
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Je n'aimerais pas leur porter l'injure en disant que ce sont culturellement des blancs avec une peau noire.
Global Voices in English » Obama’s Ghana Speech Underwhelms 2009
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