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  • Anti-matter space plans mean vested disinvolvement preferred.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Human Voices - James Gunn Blue Tyson 2007

  • Anti-matter space plans mean vested disinvolvement preferred.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Giftie - James Gunn Blue Tyson 2007

  • It is the disinvolvement or perhaps just the "technology gap" between parents and their children that has caused some truly tragic happenings in myspace.

    DOPA: From book burning to blog burning, why it needs another look! 2006

  • But just some sort of disinvolvement from the case, because the Citrus County community was very involved in that case, and the defense said we can ` t get a fair jury out of these people.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2006 2006

  • It is the disinvolvement or perhaps just the "technology gap" between parents and their children that has caused some truly tragic happenings in myspace.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • This allocation entails appropriate handling of matters we can discern as occasioned main involvements, “aways,” occult involvements, auto-involvements, mutual-involvements, margin of disinvolvement, and so forth.

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • Here, too, he may permissibly allow for little margin of disinvolvement, throwing himself rather completely into roles such as that of third-baseman or fielder.

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • During minor crises, however, when the individual has cause to withdraw from general orientation to the gathering but has no license to do so, we may witness wonderfully earnest attempts to demonstrate proper disinvolvement in spite of difficulties.

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • Ordinarily the individual can so successfully maintain an impression of due disinvolvement that we tend to overlook this requirement.

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • ICDs work, but the perverse incentives generated by consumer disinvolvement in health care consumption drive things in the wrong direction.

    Forbes.com: News Avik Roy 2011

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