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John go out in the Arizona desert, buy another house, stay there and meditate on your many lies, hypocracies, and acts of cowardess.
Think Progress » McCain complains that the United States has yet to ‘pull the trigger’ on Iran. 2010
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They were interested in a brand of realism that squarely confronted the ills of their society, denouncing the hypocracies and follies of their times.
Perov’s Easter Procession James Gurney 2010
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An open Guantanamo will continue to be one of America's immoral hypocracies.
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Remorselessly, she exposes the hypocracies, the façades and the hollowness of social conventions, rituals and patriarchal traditions which lead to the oppression of women and the abuse of power.
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As a writer, you ought to look for these types of hypocracies.
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Italian B-films were the grimy flipside of LA DOLCE VITA 1959, which was itself aggressively critical of Italy's hardwired hypocracies.
The best magnifying glass Arbogast 2007
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… These wack jobs on the right have been spreading these agendas for too long, we need to spotlight and ridicule the injustices and hypocracies that pop up as soon as they happen, or else, people do listen.
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The hypocracies and lies of these guys are never ending.
Dr. West, meet Dr. Tinkle, Creationist eugenicist - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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I find Americans here often are victims of that American propoganda and they cannot see their own hypocracies and spout nonsense about “a reality” that does not exist.
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People like Michael is exposing all the hypocracies within a young democracy, Taiwan.
Why the KMT hates the Presidency Michael Turton 2006
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