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National aspirations were encouraged, within limits; 'autonomy' fell far short of self-determination.
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International rights groups said the vote fell well short of democratic standards.
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What are the short and long term health effects of cannabis use?
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The investing process from there was fairly easy: long Japan, short France.
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The company needed to address short-term liquidity problems first, the source said.
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Getting up, 'I must go,' she said in her curt, abrupt way.
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A curt Nicholas Raskin does appear on camera briefly to answer questions.
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Sir Eustace spoke in the same curt tone; his mouth was merciless.
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In an instant there flashed back over the wires the curt reply:
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Johnny had offered to help, Hagen had given him a curt no.
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He was big, brusk, quibbling, insulting, dictatorial, painstaking, considerate and kind.
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A large, brusk, well-groomed, good-looking woman of fifty was Auntie.
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In the adjoining room, over the "blotter," snapped the brusk stereotyped nasal reply:
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He was just as brusk and as brief of speech as he had been before.
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Ina, being half a foreigner, thought this rather brusk.
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A brusque order from Ali Bey brought the work to a stop.
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The Daily Mail's response to a similar request was almost as brusque.
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Something she saw in them excused the brusque command of his tone.
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However, she didn't shy from mentioning that he could be brusque too.
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Julia recognised this and recognised also the kindness of the brusque suggestion.
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There was a brusque rejoinder, and the man handed in a note.
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Daylight Finn is efficient and brusque, good for fishing, fucking, and-apparently-washingdishes
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At dinner that evening the child found her company dull and brusque.
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Bergstein left with a brusque good-night and walked slowly up the road.
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He was excited and resentful over his brusque treatment by the clerk.
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I suppose the affair must be brusque, or it will not do.
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A brusque question caused him to stutter to the point of suffocation.
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If she was offended by his brusque manner, then so be it.
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The doctor was mystified and impressed by the brusque bitterness of Lieut.
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His voice had become brusque, the politeness had gone from his address.
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She was brusque, unsmiling, as she told him to don sterile gloves.
