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condescendence

in Scottish civil procedure, that part of either a summons or an initial writ that sets out the facts founded on.

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Beyond the condescension, however, the article--headlined "How One of America's Top Art Collectors, Alice Walton, Plans to Change the Art World"

'Ranch-hand practicality'

Hart said: "Residents are also looking forward to being able to contribute without fear of condescension and ridicule.'' That may not happen anytime soon.

Kreidler put town ahead of self

"To call yourself a Christian in contemporary Britain is to invite pity, condescension or cool dismissal" Michael Gove, Government Chief Whip.

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One of the main methods of increasing the tax income and to prove the fore mentioned objective is try to increase the tax condescension.

Investigating the effects of service encounter quality on tax compliance

Charity and Condescension: Victorian Literature and the Dilemmas of Philanthropy.

Economics and ethics in the Victorian novel

The study is focused on discrimination of various types, character-based discrimination, disrespect and condescension. They found that African-Americans and Caribbean blacks who experience discrimination are at a greater risk for mental health problems.

Research Finds African Americans and Caribbean Blacks Experiencing Discrimination are at a Greater Risk for Mental Disorders

This year, the irrepressibly smug St Gwynnie Of the Blessed Condescension was voted most irritating celebrity on the planet.

Gwynnie no dae that

Collins's rhetoric, might well react to his favorite term for Lady Catherine de Bourgh's kindness, condescension, with some uncertainty.

Measuring Austen's Condescension

Charity & condescension; Victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy.

Charity & condescension; Victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy

intelligence failure to detect Japan's Pearl Harbor attack with the Bush administration's failure to respond to intelligence warnings about the impending al-Qaeda attack and observes that they were both caused by "racial arrogance and cultural condescension" about the enemy, but after the attack, this condescension was transformed into demonization of the enemy (58).

Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9/11, Iraq

EMBASSY RITZOVIA: AN AREA OF SNOOTINESS AND POMPOSITY WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD CONDESCENSION AND HAUGHTINESS