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His Twitter account lists Tehran, Iran, as his fictional hometown and provides the following self-description: "Writer, creative director, Irish bouzouki player & supervised lunatic."
Tom Matlack: Where Have All the Mad Men Gone? Tom Matlack 2011
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His Twitter account lists Tehran, Iran, as his fictional hometown and provides the following self-description: "Writer, creative director, Irish bouzouki player & supervised lunatic."
Tom Matlack: Where Have All the Mad Men Gone? Tom Matlack 2011
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Allen, who had grudgingly admitted to being the “silk-stocking” candidate in contrast to the rest of the field, was taunted by his own self-description.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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At first glance, it's a rather cultish self-description; after all, even the "faith-based community" thinks it's "reality-based."
Does It Matter If We're "Reality-Based"?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Just the way Maddow looks – "like a 13 year old boy" is her favoured self-description – is inspirational to all women, gay or straight.
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His self-description as an "experimenter" puts him shoulder-to-shoulder with William James and John Dewey.
The Dalai Lama, Marxist? Carlin Romano 2011
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No one would disagree with Mugabe's self-description.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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No one would disagree with Mugabe's self-description.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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His self-description “a wretch like me” sounds very much like the one found here: “the twisted spirit whom You purified from great sin.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Allen, who had grudgingly admitted to being the “silk-stocking” candidate in contrast to the rest of the field, was taunted by his own self-description.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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