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I well remember when suggesting the communists had anything to do with this incident was regarded in bien pensant circles as incontrovertible proof of right-wing kookery.
Eastern Europe 2009
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If present trends continue, his successor will face a hostile and difficult world, one in which Islamofascism will be advancing confidently, backed physically by at least one, perhaps several, nuclear-armed jihadist states, and morally by the consensus of bien pensant left-wing opinion.
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"I might ask you and your bien pensant colleagues the same thing, since I was doused with hot green tea at last night's session."
A Night Ride With the Conservative Poetry Enforcers Con Chapman 2011
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Nokia, a 150-year old Finnish conglomerate, blossomed as a mobile player at a time when, by the consensus of Silicon Valley bien pensant s, Europe was whipping America's derri è re in mobile.
The Phone Wars Aren't Over Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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If present trends continue, his successor will face a hostile and difficult world, one in which Islamofascism will be advancing confidently, backed physically by at least one, perhaps several, nuclear-armed jihadist states, and morally by the consensus of bien pensant left-wing opinion.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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If present trends continue, his successor will face a hostile and difficult world, one in which Islamofascism will be advancing confidently, backed physically by at least one, perhaps several, nuclear-armed jihadist states, and morally by the consensus of bien pensant left-wing opinion.
War on Terror 2010
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Similarly, Mr. Bergen notes the rejection of such violence by cleric Yusuf al Qaradawi, a darling of the bien-pensant left, but neglects to tell us that Qaradawi's oeuvre includes a fatwa authorizing women to engage in suicide bombing.
America's Most Wanted Michael B. Mukasey 2011
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Makes you wonder how many other bien pensant generals were applying passive (and not so passive) resistance while constraining their men to indecisive operations in Basra and Al Amara.
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Watching the 24-hour news channel, NTV, one sees a face-off between a secularist retired army general and a journalist of roughly bien-pensant views that ends up with shouted recriminations of "fascist" and "separatist."
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Watching the 24-hour news channel, NTV, one sees a face-off between a secularist retired army general and a journalist of roughly bien-pensant views that ends up with shouted recriminations of "fascist" and "separatist."
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