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The monks possessed meditative training ranging from 5 to 54 years; among the group were three "retreatist" meditators, each with at least 20 years of experience in isolated retreats.
Don't try selling that used car to Tibetan monks this way Mumon 2005
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Ms. JANE NORTON (Republican, Colorado; Senatorial Candidate; Former Lieutenant Governor): Ken Buck has veered in the direction of the isolationist, retreatist wing of our party.
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I just believe yours is an offensive, lazy, French-like retreatist reason to not vote for a levy.
Sound Politics: My endorsement: No on Seattle School Levies 2007
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And further I think that engaging in such retreatist / localist actions can taint our ethical approaches at the very source.
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In fact, the notion put forward by Paddy Mac to cut funding for the war reeks of the Vietnam-era retreatist mentality that saddled Democrats with such a bad image in national security that John Kerry was still trying to overcome it in 2004.
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Biblical agrarians are not advocating a weak, retreatist program, but quite the opposite.
King on Biblical Agrarianism Herrick Kimball 2005
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Biblical agrarians are not advocating a weak, retreatist program, but quite the opposite.
Archive 2005-11-01 Herrick Kimball 2005
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Remarkably, when instructed to actively maintain the duration, one of the retreatist monks could maintain a constant visual perception during this test for 723 seconds.
Don't try selling that used car to Tibetan monks this way Mumon 2005
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"... reeks of the Vietnam-era retreatist mentality that saddled Democrats with such a bad image in national security that John Kerry was still trying to overcome it in 2004."
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