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We all have our own betes noires, mine being Clive Tyldesley, who is a fine commentator in many ways, meticulously prepared, rarely faltering in player identification, spotting player movements and so on, but spoils it with his compulsion to fill every available second with the voice of Clive Tyldesley.
Feeling the tug and pull of nonstop talk | Martin Kelner 2011
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Jeanette in Serge Lapidus, Étoiles jaunes dans la France des années noires.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Jeanette in Serge Lapidus, Étoiles jaunes dans la France des années noires.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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My personal bête noires are homophones and double consonants.
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But after excluding the more obvious bêtes noires, the discussion quickly gets complicated.
Wise Ethical Investment Seeks Profit Geoff Nairn 2011
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Frank P has hit on one of my bêtes noires with his derisive reference to "homophobia".
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President Obama's masterfully written, artfully delivered recent speech in Cairo was filled with precisely what the Muslim world had been waiting to hear: an intelligent, respectful American leader calling for normalized relations with the Muslim world, including former 'betes noires' Iran and Syria, cooperation, and genuine US support for democracy and human rights.
Eric Margolis: Obama and the Muslim World Eric Margolis 2010
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But a lot of Logan's betes noires are my betes noires, whether it's Woolf or Jackson Pollock or the Duke and Duchess of Windsor or whoever.
Any Human Heart: William Boyd on telling the story of the 20th century Elizabeth Day 2010
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President Obama's masterfully written, artfully delivered recent speech in Cairo was filled with precisely what the Muslim world had been waiting to hear: an intelligent, respectful American leader calling for normalized relations with the Muslim world, including former 'betes noires' Iran and Syria, cooperation, and genuine US support for democracy and human rights.
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President Obama's masterfully written, artfully delivered recent speech in Cairo was filled with precisely what the Muslim world had been waiting to hear: an intelligent, respectful American leader calling for normalized relations with the Muslim world, including former 'betes noires' Iran and Syria, cooperation, and genuine US support for democracy and human rights.
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