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  • Often disguised as a judgement of lowered readability, the Inarticulacy Imperative is actually an unwitting disclosure of lowered ability-to-read.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Often disguised as a judgement of lowered readability, the Inarticulacy Imperative is actually an unwitting disclosure of lowered ability-to-read.

    Arguing With Geeks 6 Hal Duncan 2009

  • In accordance with the Supernatural Villain Imperative, all four of the counter-baddies [read: the devil's son and his 3 best friends] were dressed by Fitted Black Trenches with Kicky Detailing and Bonus!

    Off the Shelf cassandraclare 2007

  • Interestingly, doing that violates Kant's Categorical Imperative, which is a sort of Teutonic philosopher's version of the Golden Rule ( "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law").

    Dealbreaker 2009

  • Interestingly, doing that violates Kant's Categorical Imperative, which is a sort of Teutonic philosopher's version of the Golden Rule ( "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law").

    Dealbreaker 2009

  • Interestingly, doing that violates Kant's Categorical Imperative, which is a sort of Teutonic philosopher's version of the Golden Rule ( "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law").

    Dealbreaker 2009

  • Interestingly, doing that violates Kant's Categorical Imperative, which is a sort of Teutonic philosopher's version of the Golden Rule ( "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law").

    Dealbreaker 2009

  • The Irish Times led with editorials such as "The Imperative is a Yes vote" and the Irish Independent carried an editorial titled, "We need to vote Yes."

    Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52 2008

  • BELIEF • Examining the Cultural evolution of a society via the eyes of Legal Principles or through the ever changing economic systems of a country … the "Imperative" would be to return to its Basic and Most Primitive Form … that would be the return to its History.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows jirwin66 2009

  • Obama: START Nuclear Treaty 'Imperative' For National Security

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

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