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  • The academics define workplace incivility as "a form of organizational deviance… characterized by low-intensity behaviors that violate respectful workplace norms, appearing vague as to intent to harm."

    Incivility a growing problem at work, psychologists say 2011

  • In our time wars are usually waged in the countryside, where small arms are used in so-called low-intensity warfare, more often than not against defenseless peasant populations.

    A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008

  • In our time wars are usually waged in the countryside, where small arms are used in so-called low-intensity warfare, more often than not against defenseless peasant populations.

    A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008

  • In our time wars are usually waged in the countryside, where small arms are used in so-called low-intensity warfare, more often than not against defenseless peasant populations.

    A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008

  • The American Psychological Association, which put out the news, defines incivility as "a form of organizational deviance… characterized by low-intensity behaviors that violate respectful workplace norms, appearing vague as to intent to harm."

    Gizmodo Sam Biddle 2011

  • True, some wars consisted of little more than persistent low-intensity violence, primarily raids to inflict revenge, acquire plunder, or take captives.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Kim Il Sung pursued a low-intensity conflict across the Demilitarized Zone well into the 1970s and continued to seek support from his Communist allies for another invasion during that period.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • What began as a war on drug trafficking has evolved into a low-intensity civil war with more than two sides and no white hats, only shades of black.

    The Fall of Mexico 2009

  • True, some wars consisted of little more than persistent low-intensity violence, primarily raids to inflict revenge, acquire plunder, or take captives.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Kim Il Sung pursued a low-intensity conflict across the Demilitarized Zone well into the 1970s and continued to seek support from his Communist allies for another invasion during that period.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

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