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This Week: Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Wolfe, Science Fiction, and More "Facile": a review of Joyce Carol Oates' novel The Tatooed Girl.
The Tattooed Girl 2004
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Facile sloganeering, acrid debate and infantile behavior from lawmakers have brought the Australian parliament into disrepute.
When Julia Gillard Went to Canberra Nick Bryant 2011
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Facile sloganeering, acrid debate and infantile behavior from lawmakers have brought the Australian parliament into disrepute.
When Julia Gillard Went to Canberra Nick Bryant 2011
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Facile comparisons are offered up and then shot down, and for good reason.
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Facile comparisons are offered up and then shot down, and for good reason.
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Facile comparisons to occupied Germany and Japan after World War II break down upon examination.
Ken Blackwell: Arab Spring/Islamist Fall Ken Blackwell 2011
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Facile skepticism is the reverse of convenient complacency; it's the other side of the coin.
Ervin Laszlo: The Cardinal Sins - and the Cardinal Virtue - of Our Time 2010
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Facile comparisons aside, Mad Men undoubtedly gives Barack Obama the same thing it gives the rest of its aficionados: challenging, grown-up, addictive entertainment.
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Facile comparisons aside, Mad Men undoubtedly gives Barack Obama the same thing it gives the rest of its aficionados: challenging, grown-up, addictive entertainment.
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Facile skepticism is the sin of the uninformed pessimist.
Ervin Laszlo: The Cardinal Sins - and the Cardinal Virtue - of Our Time 2010
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