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  • Shouldn't she be in the public light to bring Alaskan issues to the forefront and how she is working to remedy them, or would that bring to the surface the corruption and self-indulgance of her administration?

    Palin accepts apology but says time for change 2009

  • These men have taken oaths of office and on both accounts failed to up hold those oaths in favor of their own personal indulgance and according to the requirements of both offices, such behavior is grounds for removal.

    Meghan McCain: Sanford affair is 'private matter' 2009

  • The price for this indulgance, of course, is that I had to answer the question myself (that and a rather unflattering picture they've dug up of me in the captain's chair of the White Star), but my favorite response comes from science fiction author Paul McAuley, who says:

    The Job of Science Fiction and Then Some Lou Anders 2006

  • I have discovered that over indulgance in champagne exacerbates my cystitis.

    Retail therapy Ms Robinson 2008

  • The price for this indulgance, of course, is that I had to answer the question myself (that and a rather unflattering picture they've dug up of me in the captain's chair of the White Star), but my favorite response comes from science fiction author Paul McAuley, who says:

    Archive 2006-08-01 Lou Anders 2006

  • His indulgance crippled objective debate - and I speak as an admirer of the great man.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • On the strictly violent front however, the series still has the power to deliver grandiose death traps that appear brilliantly grisly in their intervention: a hair twisting torture contraption results in a seriously ghastly scalp-peeling moment that I would never wish upon my worst enemy, while theres a clever play on hide and go seek that is pretty damn tortuous indulgance test.

    SAW IV | Obsessed With Film 2007

  • His indulgance crippled objective debate - and I speak as an admirer of the great man.

    Why Heffer's Wrong Glyn Davies 2007

  • A cupcake is a personal-sized frosted indulgance and I love savoring that.

    Cupcake blog roommate interview 2005

  • Liberty I take with you; indulgance is apt to spoil one.

    Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 - 18 March 1776 1963

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