Communication XYZ is excessively confrontational and controversial, especially to Xhosa circumcised males. |
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With the luxury of time, the regard of the subject can move from confrontational and guarded to direct and open. |
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This was the kind of confrontational work for which the Royal Court had long been famous. |
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Characters are shot at longer range, and with a less intimate, less confrontational lens. |
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It's such a bizarre and disjointed album, confrontational and spaced, an incredibly druggy and disorienting experience. |
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The game began to descend into a scrappy affair with play the balls getting messy and players getting confrontational. |
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The guide is designed to help make divorce less confrontational and to encourage a more conciliatory approach. |
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The sterile and confrontational years should be declared over on all sides. |
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O'Neill has the time to effect his velvet revolution after the brusque, abrasive and confrontational approach of his predecessor. |
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The governing and opposition parties are growing more confrontational, trading trumped-up accusations and even blows on the legislative floor. |
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She's a silly bint for being so confrontational and not being able to back it up though. |
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I'm not getting confrontational to divert my attention away from my Dad shooting through like a Bondi tram. |
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A more confrontational approach has been taken by the Vatican, with senior bishops calling for the film to be boycotted. |
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Faced with the French media on the eve of yesterday's opening time trial, Armstrong was more confrontational. |
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Indeed, he has made his point, albeit in the least confrontational way possible. |
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Let's try to move toward a more peaceful set of relationships, less confrontational than we've been through. |
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The report suggested case workers were concerned about damaging their relationship with her by being overly confrontational. |
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She sought to be less confrontational under the assumption that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. |
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Why are we not discussing issues diplomatically instead of being so confrontational? |
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What's startling at first is their shimmering prettiness, which nearly masks their confrontational play with identity politics. |
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But there is, in many of its aspects, a confrontational bluntness that ensures relegation to the peripheries. |
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His outspoken and confrontational views make a strong case for players to have agents. |
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Monday's rallies would be important only if they are a harbinger of much bigger and more confrontational demonstrations down the road. |
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The confrontational approach can backfire, ultimately fueling resistance on the part of the substance abuser. |
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Staff are also now trained in non-physical techniques to diffuse a confrontational situation as well as in physical self-defence. |
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This is an album of braggadocious hip-hop, full-bodied with confrontational street style. |
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Her unique confrontational style won her the most devoted adherents and the most rabid enemies. |
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She talks of her confrontational attitude toward them during the early days of her captivity. |
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He sets the song to his boppiest beat, an arrangement totally at odds with the band's brand of confrontational hardcore. |
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A couple of tweets already coming in from that rather confrontational interview we did moments ago with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County. |
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They've also co-opted the mocking, confrontational tone of bygone campus radicals in their tactics. |
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But she later changed tack, reverting to a belligerently confrontational stance. |
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The fans also have their say and again the attitudes are conversational rather than bellicose and confrontational. |
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Checking the facts seems irrelevant, even confrontational or counter therapeutic. |
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Some officials suggested a less confrontational approach might reap dividends. |
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Her meditations on the female body are sensitive and intimate and depart from the sexually explicit or confrontational. |
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Taiwanese performance art has become less confrontational and more concerned with issues of Taiwanese identity. |
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Some who have tangled with the two women over zoning changes say they can be confrontational. |
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The images, presented at different scales on off-white paper, are slightly askew so as not to become confrontational. |
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It shouldn't be a confrontational approach but a polite request that something is not right. |
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Attempts to depart are met with roadblocks and gangs of confrontational junk cars. |
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Such a confrontational argument does not gain much support among the Americans. |
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Perhaps Dostoyevsky owes his unique brand of confrontational apologetics to this messy faith. |
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Instead the Minister has produced a divisive, confrontational Bill which will be resisted ever more resolutely by right-minded rural people. |
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He reminded us that Elijah's ministry was revelational, confrontational and inspirational. |
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His parenting skills were described as poor and he as being rigid, inflexible, confrontational and a poor influence on C.T. as she reverted to baby talk when she was with him. |
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Mitch is somewhat confrontational with Blanche, witnessing her delusions. |
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My first books were about being very aggressive, very confrontational. |
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A young steward challenged me in quite a confrontational way. |
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Some have been irreverent, some subversive and some confrontational. |
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The email exchanges started out as cordial, if cold, but gradually grew more confrontational. |
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The absence of negotiations may then open the way for a more confrontational approach. |
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A woman must also be capable of being self-willed, confrontational, aggressive, decisive, and ruthless if necessary. |
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If fleet racing can be compared to a running race, match racing can be compared to a boxing match, very confrontational and very direct. |
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I said it in a good-humored way, not wanting to come off as confrontational. |
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Cohabitation problems sometimes lead to confrontational situations that are difficult for local authorities to manage. |
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If we suppose their country near collapse, then a hard-line, confrontational approach may be the proper prescription. |
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Our focus group respondents suggested using less confrontational methods, or you could consider creating harassment advisors. |
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Critics have seized on a comment by one of King's aides, Andrew Young, who has said that the real meeting was not confrontational. |
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A confrontational attitude would not serve human rights, which should be advanced through dialogue and cooperation. |
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Because of this confrontational approach, the presence of a lawyer is necessary. |
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Any improvements will of course be the result of making demands, but not by being aggressive, antagonistic and confrontational. |
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Both poaching and anti-poaching in the savannahs are more active and confrontational than in forest. |
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It also illustrated the extent to which the country's politics remain divisive, confrontational and self-defeating. |
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A variety of approaches is commonly used at the same time, some more confrontational, others based around private debate. |
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It was disappointing that Committee members continued to take a highly political, divisive and confrontational attitude. |
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There might be a temptation to avoid putting yourself in a potentially confrontational situation. |
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Prior to the election, the mood between the government and opposition was confrontational, so naturally the legislative process did not proceed smoothly. |
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His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed. |
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Shot in grainy black and white on a handheld camera and peppered with confrontational jump cuts, Godard's movie epitomised the cool iconoclasm of the New Wave. |
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We have guys with sharper teeth who are being more confrontational. |
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No worker delights in taking a confrontational stand on the job. |
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The Japanese Embassy cautioned Japanese in China not to wear their blue national team jerseys or carry firecrackers or banners with confrontational slogans to the final. |
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For Sara and other demonstrators, it was important that the situation did not become too confrontational. |
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Known on stage for his confrontational style, Gelman heckles the audience as much as they heckle him. |
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The teenager is said to have had a confrontational phone call the night before he allegedly went on his rampage. |
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It can be a move to the left, but a unifying rather than a confrontational one. |
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Unfortunately, however, China eventually reverted into a confrontational posture, evident in the middle of last year. |
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Her principles, her prejudices, her confrontational style divided British society and still splits parts of the Tory Party. |
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Cara could be very dramatic and confrontational in her writing, as well as in life. |
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And, to her credit, Ann did not get nearly as whiny or confrontational as many of her GOP compadres. |
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Even in confrontational moments, he was never contemptuous, taking on instead a tone of fatherly rebuke. |
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In reality, scads of social science research shows victims rarely complain about harassment and, when they do, it is only after attempting less confrontational methods first. |
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We cannot step back and believe that a less confrontational posture will lead to peace with intractable adversaries. |
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It should be noted here that even the old trade unionism of being confrontational is being discarded to a much more humane approach that encourages partnership and oneness. |
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Toop did not have a particularly helpful start to his life and had some difficulty in dealing with confrontational situations, Mr Warren told magistrates. |
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When the group almost split over the issue of whether to focus on confrontational action or voter registration, she healed the breach by saying it should work on both. |
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The confrontational approach yes I will, no you won't—is unrewarding. |
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Even if not, I believe that it would have contributed to a better awareness by management of the undesirability of maintaining a highly confrontational approach to managing the unit. |
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These conversations will seldom start out as confrontational, yet they can transition to workplace friction or conflict, and can produce negative results that will hurt performance and job enjoyment for all parties involved. |
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Here Picasso deftly evokes a grandly crinolined young woman in the manner of Goya, yet he gives his subject the confrontational pout and posture of a Parisian demimondaine. |
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I've told my mum about it and she said to tell them how I feel, but I'm not the type of person to be confrontational. |
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West's husband, who was not in court Friday, has said she suffers from a manic-depressive disorder which can cause her to become confrontational. |
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It may sometimes be appropriate to be tough, it is seldom appropriate to be confrontational, especially if you intend to follow up the lobby meetings with further ones. |
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The uncertainty about the status of collective agreement during CCAA has fueled a combative and confrontational climate surrounding the CCAA process, which hampers efforts to build a successful restructuring plan. |
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Someone trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as management of violent or confrontational behaviour, should be present at all times. |
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Nonetheless, several speakers maintained that there is rarely a situation where there is a confrontational mode between permanent and non-permanent members. |
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But the day's most confrontational exchange came during the testimony of coroner's investigator Elissa Fleak. |
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Depending on the tactics chosen, advocacy can be friendly to those in power or it can be confrontational, but it always has a particular goal in mind. |
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It is certain that little happens in urban planning without confrontational public discussions, but controversies should not be confused with prejudice. |
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Regional parties are in a position where they have either to submit to these alliances or to assume a confrontational stand, without having the capacity to negotiate their interests from a position of power. |
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These glossy monthlies took a markedly different approach to rock journalism, replacing confrontational interviews and expansive think pieces with star profiles and short, consumer-oriented record reviews. |
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Yet its culture remains viperous and confrontational. |
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Needless to say, it was a rather confrontational process, liberally peppered with moments of anger, indignation, accusations, and even belittlement. |
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A confrontational style like his can wear thin over time. |
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I'm not really into confrontational situations at all. |
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The atmosphere in the camp is said to be excellent, with the Lionesses relishing Sampson's comparatively relaxed management style after Powell's more authoritarian and, sometimes, downright confrontational approach. |
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His perfectionist personality and fractious relationship with his new partner create the sort of confrontational drama you don't find on Strictly. |
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The establishment of a constructive and mutually respectful network will serve to prevent potential disturbances as well as serve as an instrument for mediation in a confrontational situation. |
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The absence of transparency and accountability in public life can in large part be attributed to a lack of political will which is a direct consequence of the confrontational nature of politics. |
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There wouldn't be any malign repercussions if I did put my name to it, but it is in the bloodstream of islanders that the operation of local society is mutually exclusive with the confrontational nature of party politics. |
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On occasion, however, caseworkers' methods can be confrontational. |
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Albania is still beset by a confrontational political culture, where individual interests prevail over general ones with the frequent result being political instability and poor governance. |
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I think that we need to try to find a way to get away from what we have in collective bargaining primarily today, and that is a very confrontational sort of system. |
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The solo part is extravagantly virtuosic, at once lyric and heroic, and the interplay of solo and orchestral forces is colourful, dramatic, and at times confrontational. |
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We as Europeans must avoid the danger of raising these issues in a confrontational way which ignores the trauma which the people of the United States have suffered. |
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Its denouncement of slavery fueled the already confrontational spirit between the North and South, who embraced and shunned the novel, respectively. |
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Many informants noted that under the Jules process, the process of determining rates is often subject to costly and highly confrontational proceedings between the parties of the litigation. |
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Although the parties agree that the labour relations climate was better and the resolution of disputes was more easily achieved up to 1993, they are now back to a more confrontational approach. |
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The confrontational, schismatic dynamic that was established in that month has defined Lebanese politics ever since. |
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Ever since the publication of the 15 June Declaration, inter-Korean relations, once confrontational and distrustful, had begun moving towards reconciliation and cooperation. |
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They were the most dynamic and confrontational TV since the BBC got rid of the test card. |
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There is a range of approaches to advocacy, some of which are confrontational, while others involve working alongside advocacy targets to achieve desired change. |
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Do not raise your voice or be confrontational with the individual, as this may exacerbate their anxiety and result in inconsolable yelling, physicality or self-injury. |
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Other teens are more up front and confrontational, choosing to simply override parental authority and launch into their new-found status and privileges with abandon. |
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For example, in my view, the debates over dams, water rights and the right to water as well as water pricing tend to be too confrontational and ideological. |
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Although the authorities have recognized the problem and begun creating targeted projects, outside of these projects security policy remains violent and confrontational. |
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The study found that stereotypes establish older people to avoid conflict, be less confrontational, and more cordial and patient. |
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In particular, rural candidates, generally sympathetic to British rule and less confrontational, were assigned more seats than their urban counterparts. |
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According to transcripts, the debate sometimes became confrontational. |
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A confrontational foreign policy rooted in anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism not only affirms the regime's values but also ensures its continued estrangement from the West. |
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Here then is yet another bigger, brash, violent and confrontational if not arrogant monument to ingenious banality of death and the memorialisation of a race. |
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After a while, another member of the staff appeared from behind a screen nd spoke to the gentleman, and after a brief conversation accused him of being confrontational. |
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