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- adverb In a
hearted manner.
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Examples
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Their signal achievement, the healthcare overhaul, was both a historical triumph and a political albatross, and now Republicans will try? whether whole - or half-heartedly is not yet known? to repeal it.
Midterm election results: the fight Obama now faces Michael Tomasky 2010
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The Indian was serving and volleying but seemingly more out of obligation than conviction, coming to the net somewhat half-heartedly which is an invitation to be passed.
The Championships, Wimbledon 2010 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM 2010
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I just got the audio book of Sissy Spacek reading To Kill a Mockingbird and recommend it whole-heartedly.
Happy birthday, Roger Sutton 2009
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The Yankees clinched a playoff position Tuesday evening in Toronto, and mostly everyone expected them to celebrate in their traditional, subdued style: drinking diet ginger ale and passing around a jar of hard candy, while manager Joe Girardi played a Perry Como record and general manager Brian Cashman puffed half-heartedly on a kazoo.
Yanks' Poker Table Has Wobbly Legs Jason Gay 2010
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And why that's interesting to me is, I whole-heartedly loathed that movie.
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Mitt Romney (Mass.) and Tim Pawlenty (Minn.) have embraced whole-heartedly as they prepare to run for president in 2012.
The Fix: Chris Christie lays out a national vision Chris Cillizza 2011
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Johnson, no stranger to family comedy/chase films (“Race to Witch Mountain,” “The Game Plan”), manages to convey the bubbly warm and mildly dimwitted personality of the fish out of space, while Justin Long (“Mac” in all those wonderful Apple TV commercials) voices Lem, a geeky teenager/student by day and a floor-swabber at the local planetarium by night, who half-heartedly befriends the human visitor.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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Watching TV half-heartedly, with parts of my script in my lap or a page of art.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Becca’s Review Forum 2009
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I have choked on a grain of rice in Libya, while my companions, unaware of the gravity of my plight (or so I tell myself), light-heartedly discussed how Agatha
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The Animal Man and Fantastic Four I whole heartedly agree with and you are not alone with your appraisal of Chris Ware.
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