Shuffling among three or four different cultures, they had a cosmopolitan flair and range that put the parochialism of the British to shame. |
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He must not now besmear that with parochialism, narrow-mindedness and partiality. |
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Critics initially bemoaned bungled handovers from London and perceived parochialism. |
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He was always genial, with the parochialism and humour of his north-eastern background. |
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The theatre is also reviving three short plays in the hope that it will help enlighten people about narrow mindsets, prejudice, parochialism etc. |
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He took a Persian wife, and encouraged his officers to do likewise, arguing against the traditional Greek parochialism. |
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I mean, if this were Wales say, or Scotland, I dare say I could rabbit away about small-minded, provincial parochialism. |
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They rejected isolationism and nationalist parochialism and defended a conception of universal human values. |
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Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate. |
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A major event can forge an identity and create solidarity, bringing people together, giving them a sense of belonging and reducing parochialism. |
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In Scotland, and in Wales, there are arguments breaking out about the rejection of a United Kingdom side being an example of narrow-minded parochialism. |
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I would write a post about our parochialism but I have to go to the airport to pick up my husband, returning from two weeks teaching and conferencing in Europe. |
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The Fed's parochialism is the product of both economic circumstance and legislative design. |
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At the same time, some fear that the reaction to globalization is leading to cultural fragmentation or narrow parochialism. |
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For too long the common concerns of maritimers have been diluted on the national stage by far too much local parochialism. |
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Canada's willingness to receive immigrants is a defiance of the parochialism that for ages held men fearful and suspicious of strangers. |
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Our interest in what is near and our preoccupation with what is familiar is not parochialism, but a necessity imposed upon us by conditions. |
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Standardization suffered a grave set-back with the break-up of the Roman Empire, when Europe lapsed into parochialism. |
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And this parochialism can actually affect the economy, can affect the feeling of other people on the island. |
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This is most unfortunate, because the question of water goes far beyond narrow-minded parochialism. |
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God's spaciousness often reveals one's parochialism, so interreligious encounter exposes the finitude of one's own religious tradition. |
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Jealousy, resentment and parochialism serve to pull the community apart and force attention away from finding solutions to community problems. |
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All this makes the nation vulnerable to the forces of parochialism and divisiveness. |
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Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism. |
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Attributing the last four years to either Republicans or Democrats is myopic American parochialism. |
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All at once, unattractive qualities such as insularity, parochialism and downright arrogance were introduced into the previously contented continental mix. |
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He referred to the need to make a clean sweep of factionalism and its hotbed, nepotism and parochialism, and launch a dynamic struggle against revisionism, in order to further cement the unity and cohesion of the Party. |
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Nevertheless parochialism, distrust among leaders and the pursuit of political and economic hegemony, constitute an obstacle to the realization of a viable regional organization. |
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And that means Canada is losing opportunities and business to financial centres like New York and London, all because there is no place for provincial parochialism in today's global capital market. |
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As we search for solutions in softwood lumber and other commodities, we ask our American neighbours to manage trade based on law, on science and on best practices, not based on regional parochialism. |
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On the other hand, while net communities are virtually interconnected, cyberdiscourse is not exempted from parochialism. |
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Ethanol is a case study of how parochialism trumps progress in Congress. |
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More generally, it can offer a powerful antidote to parochialism, which has, perhaps, cosy charms as a way of life, but is not much help in understanding or evaluating a way of life. |
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Moreover, because of the economic and financial crisis, the situation could become worse, as was already attested by the many signs of a retreat into parochialism. |
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The second is the regional approach to cooperation, also originating in proposals by this Parliament, which puts an end to economic parochialism in Africa. |
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MacDiarmid, both a nationalist and a socialist, saw the parochialism of the Scottish literature as a sign of English hegemony, hence it had to be destroyed. |
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