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This, in a nut-shell, is the problem with plot, or structure-driven narrative.
SOLVED: The Outlining vs. Organic Writing Debate | Write to Done 2009
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So here it is in a nut-shell: Mature people know how to work hard, but accept and learn to live with certain dreams that may never come true.
SaraKay Smullens: Envy: A Deadly Sin In All Life Spheres 2010
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Thank you Mr. Lendmanfor your very valuable contribution tomy understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in a nut-shell!
A Short History of the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict: Past Is Prologue 2009
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In a nut-shell: Poorly-developed questions, ambigious answers, skewed conclusions.
New Poll: Solid Majority Wants Congress To Send Bush Another Bill With Timetables 2009
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The Republican Virginian candidate, Bob McDonnell ran on a motto "Bob's 4 Jobs" and to me that is a campaign message in a nut-shell with the national unemployment rate running at close to 10 percent.
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In a nut-shell, it has made it difficult to put checks and balances on one of the most basic sources of power in any human society: control over the ownership and use of both tangible and intangible property.
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In a nut-shell, this rather rambling diatribe comes down to this: not only is much of what we consume culturally based in some sort of altered reality, but that ultimately, that's what we want from our cultural artifacts.
Fairy Tale Re-Mix - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009
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#29@Kevin: For us non-insiders, can you provide a nut-shell version of what he says?
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“Are you not afeard, Mrs. Deans,” said the dairy-vestal, addressing Jeanie, who sat, not in the most comfortable state of mind, by the side of Archibald, who himself managed the helm. — “are you not afeard of these wild men with their naked knees, and of this nut-shell of a thing, that seems bobbing up and down like a skimming-dish in a milk-pail?”
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Not a minute too late, I may add In a nut-shell: But it was different that time.
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