In front of the cynical audience that is Scotland's political press corps, he impressed several with his performance. |
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Maybe it's time to stop beating ourselves up for being cynical about marriage and relationships. |
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Or are they just using these tragic AIDS deaths to further their own cynical, and often juvenile, beefs with the Church? |
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Samantha is so frighteningly polite that to pose cynical questions seems rather below the belt. |
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Persistent foul play or cynical moves such as deliberate handball would see the player sent to the sin-bin. |
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Whenever I find myself in the middle ground, I usually seem a little lost, trapped as I am between my cynical hatred and my naive love. |
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Having made that cynical remark about socially conscious tradespeople, I actually met one last night! |
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But the whole thing was such a cynical mix of half-truths, untruths and twisted logic that it ended up besting me. |
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How many different ways can you write that the American people are a bunch of clueless sheep, led by some very cynical swine? |
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Its fads and phenomena are dictated as much by a boy in Saigon as a cynical trendspotter in New York. |
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But if there were anything to force an uncommon swell of national pride through my cynical hairy chest, this would be it. |
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Naturally trustful people must never be given a good reason to become cynical, for cynicism is the enemy of every honor system. |
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Just that, in our cynical money-grubbing society, everybody has their price. |
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This is the reason so many journalists become cynical and grumpy, and more than a few turn to drink. |
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This apparent concession is a cynical manoeuvre aimed at saving the faces of any potential turncoats. |
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Even cynical UK sports writers have entered into the spirit of national optimism and who can blame them? |
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This is apart from the government's and opposition's cynical calculation that its simple-minded stance will win it votes in the coming election. |
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Johnny lapped up the unconditional hero worship that the rest of Australia is too cynical to give him. |
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Critically hailed yet under performing and under appreciated, Election is smart, on its toes, and delightfully cynical. |
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Excuse me for being slightly cynical, but going to a film doesn't necessarily imply a dose of culture. |
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And sometimes you see other people having success and you feel cynical about that because it's undeserved. |
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Nice to see I'm not the only one who gets all mushy and sappy despite my reputation for sober and cynical thinking. |
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He had years of experience at taking his time and remaining unflustered at cynical questions and this bore fruit at this particular encounter. |
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Sarah is too smart to be taken in by the humble doorstep salesman, too cynical to fall for slick advertising patter. |
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More cynical Ukrainians have already begun to mutter that all politicians are the same in the end. |
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It is a cynical look at small-time academia, and it was really completely beneath the station of someone like Qian to have written it. |
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Some of this is not very good science and probably has the effect of making hardcore smokers cynical and unreceptive to change. |
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The camera is distant without being cold, the script unsentimental without being cynical. |
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It exists only in the mind of cynical Anti-American better-than-thou naysayers. |
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I am not a cynical, unspiritual atheist that believes only in what she can see. |
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The spirit of hope may be untrendy in these cynical times but it needs to be celebrated occasionally. |
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Despite being destined from the early stages to win at a canter, they spoiled and soiled their display with a series of other cynical acts. |
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But if he imagines that the country will be any the better for his cynical sops to the class-warrior wing of his party, he is mistaken. |
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There's a cynical thread running through this novel that isn't merely limited to the soullessness of its criminals. |
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The music became spacey and the vocals are like a child whispering cynical nothings in your ear. |
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Well, when he did greet me on the tenth of April, I don't know, but somehow the other voice was telling my cynical side to bug off. |
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The characters did nothing except make cynical comments while videotaping a carjacking. |
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He does that while appearing cynical, often distancing himself from the utterances of those voices. |
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However, even this incentive is arguably little more than a cynical attempt to squeeze extra money out of customers. |
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A more general, cynical observation notes the large number of computer manuals filed under Non-Fiction. |
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Overall Storyeum isn't for everyone, especially the cynical or haters of live theatre. |
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Skeptical hackette I may be, but beneath this cynical exterior, beats the heart of a old-fashioned romantic. |
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But perhaps the generation of the noughties, like that of the sixties, is starting to realise that cynical detachment just gets you screwed. |
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It's easy to be cynical about a film like this, especially when you see the number of starry-eyed romantic comedies that I do. |
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It is clear there are people whose jobs are threatened by this ham-handed completely cynical exercise. |
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The fascinating thing about him is he's not the cliched cynical and hard-boiled war photographer portrayed in Hollywood movies. |
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He's trying to do away with the cynical sneer and make a genuine film with heartfelt emotion. |
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Now we all labour under the cynical belief that poverty, oppression, exploitation is our destiny and we have to stay with it. |
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The cynical exploitation of international conflicts to wage war to achieve such a crass strategic end is what makes this war so immoral. |
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His experiences are contrasted with those of Joe, who is much more politically aware, cynical and streetwise. |
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It can definitely inspire a chuckle or two from even the most cynical and hardened otaku. |
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Even his intimate friends in the literary circuit dread the occasional outbursts which reflect his cynical humour and contempt for hypocrites. |
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I'm cynical of the claims that the Westmill wind farm could supply the power needs of Faringdon. |
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Even by the cynical standards of our dishonest political system, this is world-class chutzpah. |
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The more cynical may view the recommendation as a Clayton's approval, but to me it is significant. |
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The older, more cynical man seems far removed from the enthusiastic young writer who delights in evoking scenes of pastoral Irish life. |
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Americans are notoriously inattentive to national politics and sensibly cynical about politicians. |
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It's a fast-moving, hip and cynical tale with no longueurs and has a real cinematic sweep to go with its expert choreography. |
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They get away with it because their opponents are, in fact, generally cynical compromisers or self-interest business boys. |
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I've obviously become rather cynical over time, but then when it comes to card tricks, my first thought these days is to look for the con. |
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Insidery, horseracy and cynical it may be, but at least it's honest about its gravity. |
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The ironic in this form is wilful innocence, just as the innocent sentimentality of the confessionary talk show is brute, cynical narcissism. |
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My paintings and ceramics come from research on India's cynical notion of time and continuance. |
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I condemn this Government for its cynical ploy to try to buy the votes of students. |
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The filmmaking duo are being cool about coolness, cynical about cynicism, and critical of pretensions. |
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Even the most cynical isolationist can see with his own eyes how gladly these people have welcomed the armies of democratic liberation. |
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I have to admit that at first I was very sceptical and cynical about all these movie people poncing around in Cannes. |
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This translation from a medieval Anglo-Norman source gives a less cynical view on it. |
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He's opinionated, territorial over the front room and the television set, and mercilessly cynical. |
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Among those he has persuaded to back him are such cynical clubbing funksters as Mike Russell and Brian Monteith. |
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Is it cynical to believe that it was a political gesture and that the minister wanted the credit for driving down the oil price? |
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A lot of people are cynical and believe it's a money-making exercise, but it's not. |
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Residents will be wealthier, early retirement will be common and people will be better informed, but more cynical, distrusting and suspicious. |
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Australians are very cynical about the political process, and the extent to which secrecy and falsehood are used to justify policy decisions. |
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Glass concedes it is harder not to become more cynical about the game as he gets older. |
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Ranald observed that Claudio progresses from a cynical attitude toward marriage to an appreciation of its worth. |
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Of course, I have always been cynical of any reporting since everyone has a vested interest in something. |
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If I was cynical I would believe that he was trying to frighten us into compliance with his own authoritarian, dictatorial agenda. |
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Americans tend to be pretty cynical about politicians and think corruption is widespread. |
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He's cynical about whether the new inquiry will get closer to the truth or whether it is mere window-dressing. |
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Johnson smirked in a manner that's typical of a player who's cynical and distrustful of a new head coach. |
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I wasn't as cynical about being able to influence political decisions as I am now. |
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Many are cynical about the preventative measures and question whether hand-washing can do much to limit the spread of disease. |
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For all his talk about the power of positivity, I confess I'm cynical about whether things will get better in our lifetime. |
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It's perhaps no surprise that the project has already attracted its share of cynical derision. |
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Sometimes she gave insightful and wonderful advice and at other times she used her cynical charm to make him laugh till his sides hurt. |
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His hands clenched tightly, yet a soft cynical laugh escaped from his lips. |
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She is so sarcastic and cynical that I am happy to take the smile off her face. |
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Even Sarah, usually caustic and cynical, had to admit that Josh really did look happy. |
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Seamus was already out of the car and, once free of it, resumed his cynical sneer. |
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Betty is at the center of the film's assembly of cynical, contemptuous characterizations. |
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Kitsch, I decided, is art that bears a cynical or dismissive relation to life. |
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The surprising thing is that a declaration of this kind from Singleton is no longer dismissed with a cynical laugh. |
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Cursing under his breath he aimed and missed, prompting a cynical laugh from Simon. |
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I'm cynical and sarcastic because that's often the safest way to go in many situations. |
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The thoughtless and cynical attitude displayed by the ruling elite regarding its own legal norms is an international phenomenon. |
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The accomplice to cynical, self-interested Western governments here are TV networks, who crave conflict to boost ratings. |
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What sort of cynical human being would go into something as important as marriage simply because she was entering politics? |
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Russians, he continued, should drop their illusions about the West and be quite pragmatic and even cynical in dealing with the West. |
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This sudden shift in the focus of American politics should not be dismissed merely as a cynical election gimmick. |
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Even by the double-dealing standards of international diplomacy this is a breathtakingly cynical bargain. |
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There is no doubt that the protest against the concert was a cynical ploy aimed at trying to revive the party's sagging fortunes. |
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Whether the government's motivations are cynical or sincere makes no difference to the way its advice is interpreted. |
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Their self-obsession is matched only by their cynical contempt and disregard for anyone who is not part of their world. |
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Was the magazine acting in the general interest or merely indulging in a cynical attempt to increase its circulation? |
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The newspaper's sudden interest in the anti-war movement is cynical and self-serving. |
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The reaction of the so-called French left to the first revelations exposes its cynical and self-serving attitude. |
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Given the present situation, it would be easy to be cynical about the magnitude of the task. |
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Homogenous global culture may be increasingly unpopular, but such cynical glocalization has its own dangers. |
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And you have to wonder whether his glorifiers are just as dense, or deeply cynical, or living on a different planet. |
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Without the power to say no, all kinds of treachery is used and everyone involved becomes demoralized, cynical and fatalistic. |
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It was a cynical play to show his base just how edgy he was, pwning this old plutocrat with his rapier-like wit. |
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I'm from a cynical generation raised on electronic dance music, but felt I finally understood what the fuss with rhythm and blues was all about. |
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Ah well, I guess many of us are stupid and cynical and don't think things through when we are young. |
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I guess my cynical nature is rearing its head here, because it looks to me like your position is emotive rather than reasoned. |
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That is cynical, and I say to the Government that the public is not that gullible. |
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If that is so, the imposition of the prohibition order is the most cynical and dishonest edict to come out of local government in my lifetime. |
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I told her that I could see her getting bored, cynical, disillusioned and angry if she joined the cops. |
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It is distressingly easy to become disillusioned and cynical while working on a development aid project. |
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In fact, it could be argued that 15 Minutes earns the dubious distinction of being the most cynical film ever made about cynicism. |
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If Eva is a cynical and superior Europhile, husband Franklin is smug and Republican, with a Rockwellian view of family life. |
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There is a troubling darkness in its soul, which the righteous rhetoric and cynical evocation of God seem only to enhance. |
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Arthur Schopenhauer once wrote a marvelously cynical manual of eristics called The Art of Always Being Right. |
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I thought at first it was about exhibitionism, but a less cynical view is that they are trying to meet a common human need of finding connection. |
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My suspicions don't mean that I am a doom-monger or cynical pessimist, but utopian thinking hasn't led to very happy ends in the past. |
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Too many cartoon characters have become cynical and downbeat and it's just refreshing to see something upbeat and good hearted. |
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It was a victory to bring a smile to the face of even the most cynical and world-weary sport-watcher. |
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The general tone of the piece is cynical, morbid and unpleasantly other-worldly. |
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Dashiell Hammett's cynical detective novel was published in 1929 and was immediately popular. |
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Her smile reveals the solitary stained tooth giving character to her mouth, possibly confirming the witch theory to the cynical. |
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Indeed, I am concerned that without such a change the whole bill looks more cynical and calculating than the Minister probably intends. |
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Both are cynical gestures driven by political calculations rather than by a moral inspiration that comes from the soul. |
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I don't think imagery of happy, peppy people is going to make people less cynical. |
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As a cockeyed optimist with a cynical streak, I've got the best of both worlds. |
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In the midst of all the flash there are two amazingly iconic lead perfs and a shockingly cynical, dryly served final twist. |
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Am I utterly evil and cynical to think this coyness is the most clever way to raise investor interest? |
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I confess to a somewhat more cynical view of human nature than Mr. Wilkinson. |
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Such cynical micro-analysts of human behaviour must suffer when the ravenous critic inevitably turns inward. |
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I read the rest of this report, looking at why we're increasingly cynical about elections and governments. |
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His limited opportunities add to his bitter, cynical attitude towards life. |
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The government's decision is a cynical manipulation of policy purely for election purposes. |
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There are some who have tried to buy their peace with rather cynical deals. |
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The phenomenon which is denounced in culture criticism as cynicism, as cynical mass business, should be a new access to the soul. |
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Young people there exude gaiety and mirth, for who could be cynical about love in Italy while thinking of Shakespeare's play? |
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Was this a casting disaster or a cynical trick by two of contemporary cinema's leading exponents? |
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Part of me is quite cynical but there's another part that wants to believe stuff like that. |
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They only have jazzed-up previews by which to judge whether to see a movie, and they've been burned enough that they're cynical. |
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His nose was hawkish but it suited him, as did the high cheekbones and cynical quirk of his mouth. |
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The capacity of history to absolve political actors is a cynical and immoral doctrine. |
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Much ado about nothing, maybe, but when it comes to nosey and cynical journalists, few believe there can ever be smoke without fire. |
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It's hard not be cynical about the power of love when there is so much bile around. |
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The writer talked about her struggles to publicly affirm spiritual values in a culture that is deeply cynical. |
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Lengthy bonding scenes follow in which, inevitably, the hardened, world-weary, cynical bodyguard learns to love the winsome little blonde. |
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Cut out the feeble wisecracks, stop showing cynical disrespect for ordinary decent folks! |
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The man knows how to work the crowd, but the smiley banter between songs keeps it from looking too cynical. |
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This is a tough, cynical world with plenty of murders and world-weary cops trying their best to solve them. |
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Rawlins operates on the streets, filtering the ghetto life around him through a world view that is cynical to the point of world-weary. |
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Most of them feature sparkle-eyed children with an innocent faith in wonder winning out over cynical world-weary adults. |
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From a scene nurtured by punk rock and zines, it's literate yet accessible, questioning everything but never cynical. |
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Everything bounces along with a youthful joy, devoid of cynical teenage angst, full of hope and dare we say it slightly soppy. |
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However you view it, you can rest assured that this is one day which wasn't dreamed up as a cynical marketing ploy to part us from our money. |
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Well call me cynical, but I think that when she talks about the incident to her friends, it will not be in reverent tones. |
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The result is an invigorating, boisterous look at a group of wildly cynical and libidinous college brats. |
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I defy the most cynical not to be struck dumb by the character parade, which comes to life to the tune of the Nutcracker ballet. |
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And probably they're too cynical to buy into much of what's set up for them anyhow. |
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This light-minded and cynical attitude of the ruling elite towards its own legal norms is an international phenomenon. |
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By deliberately adopting the stylistics of sentimentality in his screenplay, Cameron recalls yet another, less cynical time in Titanic. |
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About time, say those few transport commentators who aren't simply cynical about such ambitious long-termism. |
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The cynical, bored and disinterested looks on the faces of the athletes should have sent a big message. |
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Europeans, cynical in politics and morals, think that this attitude makes us loose cannons. |
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A great opportunity has been lost which would have rid our game of cynical fouling. |
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Less expected was the response of my cynical video-watching companions, who thought the film would be too tacky for their tastes. |
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Those of us with a cynical bent can all too well imagine how this proposal is being taken in the White House. |
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Her voice dripping with cynical sarcasm, she said she would have those words mounted and framed. |
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I am old, cynical, bitter, twisted, awkward, difficult, fussy, and generally hard to please. |
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At times of extreme national, local and individual trauma, when is it acceptable to be cynical, critical or satirical again? |
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His movies are the works of a brilliant, cynical satirist whose artistic downfall was an unceasing irony. |
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Insults and cares of concern did not penetrate these walls, and I remained almost cynical. |
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Perhaps I'm too cynical, but only commercial reasons spring to my mind when I try to justify this maladroit wraparound device. |
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And so, in a cynical political exercise smacking of opportunism if not racism, they scapegoat the unborn children of non-national parents. |
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Will this solidify the widespread view that the he is a cynical mangler of morality? |
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This tender little show is enough to make even the most cynical of hearts swell. |
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On the whole these are not marriages of convenience or cynical efforts to create cover. |
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One listen to this album, though, and such doubts will be banished from the minds of all but the most cynical of geography buffs. |
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The Truth About Drug Companies, by Dr Marcia Angell, is a searing indictment of an industry that has a cynical contempt for consumers. |
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At first glance, this analysis seems to be beyond cynical, but a simple thought experiment would suggest that the idea is not entirely unfounded. |
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Be accurate, stay focused, be skeptical but never cynical, keep your distance, don't cross what I call the emotional line and listen carefully. |
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Even more startling was the cynical, even hateful, tone of many of the letters. |
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People tend to be cynical and derisive towards romantic comedies. |
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It was a cynical and duplicitous ploy to put a kindly face on a cruel and selfish policy. |
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Rather than the unknown quantity of last year, this year's five couples were chosen in what was a rather cynical approach to conflict and contest. |
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Gen Xers were considered unmotivated, apathetic and cynical. |
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As you know, I've been getting pretty cynical about my job over the last 6 months, although at the end of the day I wouldn't trade it in for another one. |
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It may all be ephemeral, because most of politics is ephemeral, a cynical means to the end of getting elected. |
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Thus, the cynical drive toward deconstruction itself can be seen as a narcissistic mechanism that flows from bitter childhood disappointment and traumatic disillusionment. |
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A cynical immigration official claps James in jail upon his arrival. |
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Given that so many men in her life have lied, cheated on her and tried to sell stories about her, she would be forgiven for becoming just a bit cynical. |
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Only the unregenerately cynical Hobbes Jr. warned of a siege. |
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Where he had once been funnily cynical, he became at times viciously cruel, not only to myself but to our daughters, who came to resent and fear him. |
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Even the intervention of the US Supreme Court was treated in a cynical and light-minded fashion, rather than as a turning point in American political history. |
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Many Syrian rebels remain furious with what they view as a cynical U.S. decision to intervene in Syria against ISIS but not Assad. |
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I am not suggesting that his apology was cynical or purely tactical. |
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But my cynical side says that the primary advantage governments see to legalizing the sale of needles is that it allows them to keep their hands clean. |
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A cynical politician who believed in the power of patronage, he knew almost everyone of importance in Scotland and how to appeal to their self-interest. |
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Through his work, he helped sustain the qualities of fancifulness, warmth and consideration that have been so threatened by our coarse, cynical age. |
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What began as an attempt to make a record as the creative and logistical head of a band which dissipated into the cynical and creatively oppugnant haze of Nashville ended up becoming a solo effort. |
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Is Glee itself a cynical calculation, with its methodical recipe of skepticism and goo? |
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As he bounded in looking fresh, relaxed and incredibly cheery, I noticed the charm that might grate with cynical newspapermen and City old-timers. |
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And the most popular blogger in China is Han Han, known for his cynical attitude toward Chinese politics and society. |
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For Americans of a certain age, these words, even in our cynical time, yield a shiver of nostalgia, but also of purpose. |
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The problem for the government is that they've employed such tactics so often and so transparently that people are awake to their cynical ploys, their partisan purpose. |
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The event is not coldly cynical or sneering, but humorous and engaging. |
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Political parties in Canada are truly democratic organizations and don't deserve the cheap shots they constantly take from the media and from politically cynical sourpusses. |
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They are feel-good movies and cynical in pandering to ignorant audiences. |
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It is bad enough that so many players have acquired a cynical and venal attitude but should spectators do likewise the game at top level is finished. |
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The National candidate is portrayed as a venal, cynical and arrogant. |
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He believes we must not shy away from these matters, leaving the ground open to the voices of cynical, non-believing scientists, who are confined by material reality. |
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It's kind of sad that people are so skeptic and cynical of human decency. |
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Outwardly tough, aloof and cynical, she does a good deal of nail-chewing and fiddling with a cigarette as she decides whether Jack can be trusted. |
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Does that make me an epicurean cynic or a cynical epicurean? |
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As idealistic as Don is cynical, Ms. Farrell actually seems to love Don, and they develop a sweet, pseudo-domestic routine. |
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It is a cynical camouflage for problems caused by the boom and bust rhythm of capitalism, and the bosses' insistence that profits come before people. |
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Readers of my last letter will probably, apart from describing the scripts in a mood of cynical contempt, realise my obsession with trees and greening the city. |
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Many of the young people are cynical, even derisive, about their religion. |
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She is pitying my cynical singledom, and I am worrying about her future. |
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Even the matey chattiness wore through my cynical armour after a while. |
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The left is always warning us about the cynical vested interests of the military industrial complex allegedly manipulating public policy for their sectional gain. |
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Britons received four gold medals at the Athens Olympics, confounding cynical expectations that our athletes would trail home with only a miserable brace of bronzes. |
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In fact, that was the hope of one cynical mogul looking to jumpstart his business. |
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To a cynical eye, it all seems more like an ego trip for some regional powers and international would-be players rather than a genuine attempt to reform the organisation. |
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In this fearful and cynical climate, talk about space only brings our self-doubt and loathing to the fore rather than doing anything to tackle it. |
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He laughed, a cynical heartless sort of laugh and then squinted at me. |
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To the cynical among us, business meetings tend to generate more business meetings in that self-perpetuating manner that is the hallmark of bureaucracy. |
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This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable. |
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It's kind of sad that people are so skeptical and cynical of human decency and if they aren't, that they, at the least, don't believe in the ideal of it. |
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Dropping our cynical snide act, it is shaping up beautifully. |
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It is not even that neutral observers were, by the end, rooting for the same, cynical Italy. |
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The meeting may have been called by the Scottish Socialist Party but the audience of 30 or so consists of the curious and the cynical as well as card-carrying members. |
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He is cynical about careerists and operators who flourish under patronage. |
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Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women. |
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The British may have become cynical about his Honest Tony oratory and big-tent politics, but on the unsuspecting mainland, they still worked their magic. |
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At a time when the public is growing increasingly cynical about politics and politicians, all parties struggle for issues that allow them to take the moral high ground. |
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Whatever your cynical prejudices, you would need a heart of stone to look at the childhood letters and family photos without feeling some sneaking sense of pathos. |
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Democracy triumphed on a night which could easily have fallen foul of revenge, tubthumping and cynical bankrolling. |
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He started laughing and mocked the old man with cynical derision. |
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Constructive optimism is unfashionable in these cynical times, but it is not a crime. |
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This exercise tells us nothing about their ability to improve the lot of the subsistence farmer and everything about their lack of corporate integrity and cynical opportunism. |
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There must be individuals there who feel sick about Howard's cynical exploitation of the Australian peoples' ignorance about refuges and fears of invasion. |
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What matters most now is adopting the correct cynical pose about this. |
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Wagner, as irascible and cynical as he can be, is a subtly empathetic writer. |
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The way to lead our lives is therefore along the path of pragmatic compromise, cynical wisdom, awareness of our limitations, resistance to the temptation of the Absolute. |
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If you have had enough of cynical journalists and reviewers being nasty about everything they come across, then you may need a breath of fresh air. |
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But in the next instant, Lance was back to his cavalier, cynical self. |
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The gift was a cynical, symbolic, and contentless gambit in a monolithic ussr. |
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But I urge you more cynical movie buffs to give this classic a try. |
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As a protagonist, she is witty, humorously cynical, and completely human. |
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Sadly, but predictably, the effort to re-enfranchise people with felony convictions has come under attack from demagogues claiming a cynical political motive for the effort. |
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In New York it was just a raunchy, cynical hour and ten minutes. |
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Klein is simultaneously not only cynical about political leaders, but dismissive of them. |
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If we fail, the ugly, cynical situation is guaranteed to get worse for decades to come. |
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It was then I discovered that our quiet chief sub was wickedly funny, totally irreverent, often cynical and very acerbic when occasion demanded it. |
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The whole thing was one of the most cynical charades in memory. |
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She only had a sarcastic and cynical servant, and a touchy hippogriff. |
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It is the same with his cynical suspiciousness and resentful sullenness. |
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He's cynical, world-weary and he won't call you the next day. |
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Amid the glamour in the slammer, Marshall's cynical and superficial film lets the sly digs at American corruption bubble away underneath the frothy surface. |
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It is cynical, but I think they enjoy stirring up a hornets' nest. |
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In an intractable country, despotism and the cynical short-term maneuver are big temptations. |
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The cynical will note that fundamentalist charismatics do have some sense of self-preservation. |
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Eliot Wilson when writing for The Scotsman was cynical of its application as a vanity project of the Scottish National Party. |
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The temptation was to follow the Batman-style trend in comic books toward a more cynical antihero. |
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Parliament thumbed its nose at a cynical commentariat and legislated for a medically supervised injecting room. |
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Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. |
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Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff 's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. |
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The Scotland boss says our kids need to be more cynical and make the professional fouls that can save games. |
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So now the hard Brexiters say, with astonishingly cynical mendacity, that Britain would be better off going it alone. |
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People can be cynical about companies hiding behind green ideals, their radars finely tuned to detect a greenwash. |
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This was not a cynical use of religion to manipulate his subjects into obedience, but an intrinsic element in Alfred's worldview. |
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They're quite sentimental I think and there's nothing cynical about it whatsoever. |
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As bad decisions are dressed up in pseudo-analytical garb, ministerial officials may become unduly cynical about analysis. |
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Rowf is a downtrodden fellow, quite cynical and increasingly feral in his ways, since he has had a hard life and never met a decent human. |
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Unlike cynical you, however, I do believe a Romeo and Juliet love is possible. |
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Labour dismisses Cameron's interest in the environment as a cynical and unsubstantive part of his attempt to decontaminate the Tory brand. |
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Rocha has chronicled presidential whistle-stops with a somewhat cynical look at history. |
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His pieces are often ironic and cynical, especially regarding love and human motives. |
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The cynical, quippy one-liners in tonight's premiere feel a little forced, while other episodes are earnest and straightforward. |
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It has successfully reversed the cynical Islamisation of its local General Zia. |
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So is McDougall a paleoconservative in despair like Poe, despondent like Melville, or cynical like Twain? |
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But this strategy of make-to-break is a particularly extreme and cynical form of planned obsolescence. |
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Kermit is no longer the upbeat frog we once loved but has morphed into a more cynical, embittered version of himself. |
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But that is not to say it's only a cynical attempt to shake down their nervous nelly contributors. |
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This does not at all mean that the novel is cynical, or calculatedly constructed, it just means that it's a great example of YA fiction. |
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This is a cynical stealth tax by government to squeeze money from visitors to England's town centres. |
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But this cynical take is too glib and sweeping to explain everything. |
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This is one of the main reasons people are dead right to be cynical of politicians and cheesed off with the whole old-style political system. |
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Sunday, stars Dean Winters as cynical Detective Russ Agnew and Josh Duhamel as silky-smooth Special Agent Milton Chamberlain. |
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I know that sounds cynical, but this latest scandal with cyclist Floyd Landis is the living end. |
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He is, in his way, a cynical, macho, writerly version of Joan of Arc. |
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But there the storytelling was macabre, rantingly cynical and spookily comic. |
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That is a place name that has come to be a codeword for the cynical sacrifice of small nations' freedom to great powers' spheres of influence. |
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