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Pope has thus slanted his argument against what he calls sacrifice.
Energy Bulletin - 2009
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It also requires a change in the business culture and the political dialogue, a relentless national focus on competitiveness and an acceptance on the part of all of us for short-term sacrifice.
It's make-or-break time for manufacturing Steven Pearlstein 2011
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Ashcroft and Cheney and Bush do not exactly stand out by showing this country the true meaning of the word sacrifice.
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But the foregone referral aggravated his sense of short-term sacrifice.
Merrill Lynch Stars Take A Leap Of Faith To A New Office -- And Independence. - RIABiz - - Forbes 2010
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The definition of overindebtedness I favor, developed in dialogue with Richard Rosenberg of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, who has explored the question in depth on the CGAP blog, revolves around the idea of sacrifice.
Elisabeth Rhyne: How much debt is too much? Microlenders want to know. Elisabeth Rhyne 2010
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I don't know how many times I keep being told "freedom isn't free" by conservatives who don't believe in sacrifice.
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BITTERMANN: Well, I think, you know, one of the things that this cemetery -- we're just guessing at this point because we haven't seen the advance speech of the president yet, but one of the things that seems to me that would be -- make a lot of sense to talk about would be to rekindle the idea of sacrifice.
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That's something that's missing in a lot of our discussions about environmentalism and sustainability — the idea of sacrifice.
Swallowing Eco-Hype 2009
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I don't know how many times I keep being told "freedom isn't free" by conservatives who don't believe in sacrifice.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Once you have tamed the monster it will be a loyal friend and ally, demanding only the occassional virgin sacrifice.
Ten Things Hal Duncan 2006
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