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Career adviser Penelope Trunk offers a non-nonsense dictionary for parsing office-speak.
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Wanted: tough, non-nonsense regulators to cast a beady eye over Britain's banks.
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At a time where the state is hemorrhaging cash, this non-nonsense approach is the right one.
Zach Friend: California Governor's Race - Why Moonbeam will Win 2010
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Career adviser Penelope Trunk offers a non-nonsense dictionary for parsing office-speak.
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Doo Wop was full of nonsense syllables, and some of those old Doo Wo songs must use the syllables from the non-nonsense words and thus be the precursors of the very memorable stuttering songs like "My Generation," "Changes," "Benny and the Jets," etc., etc.
Ch-ch-ch-changes... Ann Althouse 2008
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Popper justified philosophy as non-nonsense by explaining it as a question that seeks an answer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Countries’ Freedom vs. Countries’ Names: 2007
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While Wilcox's answers may not always be appetizing, her non-nonsense advice is likely to sustain readers who are ready to embrace change.
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Part of Bush's appeal is the plain-spoken, non-nonsense image he supposedly projects.
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While Wilcox's answers may not always be appetizing, her non-nonsense advice is likely to sustain readers who are ready to embrace change.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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The former term has connotations of a non-nonsense, speedy attitude appropriate to NYC, while the latter has a certain Zen-like quality fitting of the Bay Area.
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