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On the one hand, many psychologists, especially those of the behaviourist school, tend to adopt what is essentially a materialistic position, as a matter of method if not of metaphysics.

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Between him and his mother was the most perfect sympathy, for secretly the lady was herself a devout disciple of the late and great Myron Bayne, though with the tact so generally and justly admired in her sex (despite the hardy calumniators who insist that it is essentially the same thing as cunning) she had always taken care to conceal her weakness from all eyes but those of him who shared it.

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The highest Petersburg society is essentially one: in it everyone knows everyone else, everyone even visits everyone else.

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There is a section of the ELCIC's constitution which is essentially "set in stone," namely, Article II, which sets out the ELCIC's Confession of Faith.

Not the public voice

Itani has obviously not traveled very widely; otherwise, he would know that my own country, Malaysia, is essentially Muslim (60% of the population), as are Indonesia, Brunei, and parts of the Philippines.

Religious profiling

The current measure is essentially the same, Briggs said, "with only a few minor tweaks here and there.

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Around older villages a mixed-species type of forest (satoyama) remains, but this too is essentially a synthetic environment.

Beneath the beeches

reason: But the Enlightenment view is essentially correct, right?

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The Gardner's theme is essentially, sex, beer and cars.

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Another reason is that the price of scrap landed in Asia is essentially the same from Europe as it is in the U.

A murky market

No, the pre-existent piece of plastic now really is a driver's license, and the new thing that is essentially a driver's license really is a piece of plastic.

Persons and Bodies: a Constitution View

Consequently, I am not in favor of cutting anybody's earnings or preventing them from rising, but I am against them losing their jobs because of artificial government intervention, which is essentially what the minimum wage is.