as in fastidiousness
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Bryant is a restrained writer, and the fastidiousness of his elastic text does little to allay those who are likely to become inflamed.
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More such fastidiousness will be needed to arrest the domino effect of delegitimization and to renew the small guarantees of truth and dignity in public life customarily provided by legacy institutions.
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But all that meticulousness only accentuates the oddities.
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That meticulousness snaps into crystal-clear focus when Cronin talks about process.
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But then again, this was a decade when subtlety seemed to have been banned at the city limits.
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Senegal home Sporting uniforms are not usually a canvas on which artists aim for subtlety.
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This carefulness is clearly strategic.
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There was no carefulness in it.
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If CosRx can convince people to willingly slather snail mucin on their faces, trusting the brand with hair care is a pretty easy next step.
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Women are far more likely than men to leave the workforce to take care of children or aging parents.
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The moment of truth is just about here.
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Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
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