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Mostly the appeal is a bit of New York island parochialism, endearing and annoying at once.
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Curbed, 1 Mar. 2023
In the mid-20th century, at the behest of Ascanio, Spanish magicians like Tamariz learned English in order to study the canonical literature of the craft then emerging from North America and the United Kingdom — in its way, a small act of rebellion against the parochialism of the Franco regime.
—Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
But being decried by smug East Coast literati, the sort of elites McCormick had famously blamed for America’s ills with a parochialism inherited by some successors, could have been seen as a plus in Tribune Tower.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
Part of the reason is parochialism.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
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Curbed, 1 Mar. 2023
In the mid-20th century, at the behest of Ascanio, Spanish magicians like Tamariz learned English in order to study the canonical literature of the craft then emerging from North America and the United Kingdom — in its way, a small act of rebellion against the parochialism of the Franco regime.
—Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
But being decried by smug East Coast literati, the sort of elites McCormick had famously blamed for America’s ills with a parochialism inherited by some successors, could have been seen as a plus in Tribune Tower.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
Part of the reason is parochialism.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
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“Parochialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parochialism. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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