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marginal adjective average, bare, barely accepttble, barely adequate, below par, borderline, fair, humble, in margine positus, in margine scriptus, inappreciable, meager, mediocre, mere, middling, moderate, modest, passable, poor, scant, scanty, skimpy, tenuous, tolerable, trifling, undistinguished, wanting, weak How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Part 3 finds Pairundu to be representative of the region in regard to reasons for conversion and comparable to fundamentalism's paradoxical opposition to modernity elsewhere, yet distinguished by its relative marginality. Girls like Seelu enter the world of trafficking through an act of casual deceit and, because of their social marginality and tenuous formal identification, exist in a zone of structural invisibility to the authorities, an indifference compounded by lax law enforcement that permits the trafficking market to flourish. 18, 2004, the Globe and Mail's Jeffrey Simpson alluded to "the marginality of Parliament" that had persisted despite every promise that had been made before Martin came to power. |
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