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Given that a vastly disproportionate number of the rapes in the world are carried out by men - of all colours, nationalities, faiths and races - I take it the guys on here who are very willing to extrapolate from this case to Pakistani men generally will now be agreeing that men generally as a sex have a prediliction towards rape simply by virtue of being men?
Too many of us treat young white women as trash | Barbara Ellen 2011
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But given those choices, judges tend to pick whatever authority supports their prediliction.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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- Mr Martin's prediliction for screaming 'Order!' at the point of climax.
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan - The Truth Behind My Split With Peter Dungeekin 2009
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Writers have a natural prediliction for the colorful phrase, the striking comparison, but in political discussions -- and this is, at base, a political discussion -- that can lead to hyperbole, which can lead to anger.
Someone Is Angry On the Internet grrm 2010
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- Mr Martin's prediliction for screaming 'Order!' at the point of climax.
Archive 2009-05-01 Dungeekin 2009
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And maybe in narrow instances, there is a way to harness certain folks prediliction for cupidity for the public good.
The Progressive Consumption Tax xtra 2008
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But given those choices, judges tend to pick whatever authority supports their prediliction.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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Writers have a natural prediliction for the colorful phrase, the striking comparison, but in political discussions -- and this is, at base, a political discussion -- that can lead to hyperbole, which can lead to anger.
More Odds, More Ends grrm 2010
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And maybe in narrow instances, there is a way to harness certain folks prediliction for cupidity for the public good.
Archive 2008-03-01 xtra 2008
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The irrepressible Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. is at it again, this time taking aim at Italians -- expounding a two millenium grudge against the sons and daughters of Rome -- and their (allegedly) breath-altering prediliction for scampi and pesto.
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