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A Memphis institution in the 1960s and 1970s, the label nurtured and fostered the original generation of soul musicians.

Raw Copy: A Week To Remember In Memphis 2007

And this balance between humans and the natural environment that they have nurtured is explicitly opposed to other, exploitative, kinds of relationship both within human society and between humans and nature.

Wordsworth's 'The Haunted Tree' and the Sexual Politics of Landscape 2001

But the postwar prosperity fostered by unity once again nurtured disunity, with Quebec now leading the fight for provincial autonomy.

The Myth of the Power-Hungry Centralizers 1981

He did not mean that Judge Molloy should be protected and nurtured, which is the actual purpose of the species law.

NYT > Home Page 2011

Gilliam, whose anarchic wackiness is sharply caught by Sam Alexander, is an American with an Oedipally rebellious grudge against the country that spurned him and a gratitude for the freedom of expression nurtured by English public-service broadcasting.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

The one who is handed great land and estates, great privilege and titles nurtured and passed down from generation to generation and just gives it 'Fuck this,

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What I see is skin-color-based historical and systemic oppression, subjugation and marginalization of people on the societal level, as well a learned color-aroused emotion, ideation and behavior disorder in individuals, a mental illness that is "nurtured" in the American environment (as well as in too many other places).

Francis L. Holland: Why the "Race" Word is Wrong 2008

So for eight months those guys kind of nurtured me kind of back to health.

CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2006 2006

Mandela's office said the president acknowledged that the peace process had been "nurtured" by Africans and reflected the commitment of African states to assume responsibility for fostering peace on the continent.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

Their use of the words "nurtured" and "rich" have a certain ironic flair considering Africville was in shambles, with no health services, sewage or running water.

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