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Scott Weinberg has more than just one top ten: "I thought it'd be fun to go the extra mile and bang out nine more lists, partially because I love to write, but mainly because I'm what you call a Pathetic Movie Geek."
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Pathetic is the word that aptly described this fogey.
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Pathetic is the word and still trying to be relevant.
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Pathetic is about the most generous word I can come up with.
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For instance, the last story in the volume, the one I call Pathetic, whose first title is Il Conde (misspelt by-the-by) is an almost verbatim transcript of the tale told me by a very charming old gentleman whom I met in Italy.
A Set of Six 1906
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Witness the withering rhetorical assault which Kristol launched on Republicans last week -- in an article concisely entitled "Pathetic" -- all because they dared to request periodic updates from the Administration in the hopes of getting closer to the goal of withdrawing American troops.
Archive 2005-11-01 Glenn Greenwald 2005
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Witness the withering rhetorical assault which Kristol launched on Republicans last week -- in an article concisely entitled "Pathetic" -- all because they dared to request periodic updates from the Administration in the hopes of getting closer to the goal of withdrawing American troops.
Bush's Problem of Premature Withdraw - from Iraq Glenn Greenwald 2005
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Pathetic is picking on someone ’cause they read from a teleprompter.
Think Progress » White House Signals That It Will Fight Back Against GOP Abuse Of Filibuster 2010
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Pathetic is picking on someone ’cause they read from a teleprompter.
Think Progress » White House Signals That It Will Fight Back Against GOP Abuse Of Filibuster 2010
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In the field of logic, this is known as the Pathetic Fallacy, but there are cases where we try so hard not to anthropomorphize that we miss the obvious similarities between ourselves and the world around us.
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