In consequence we are becoming a tight-lipped silent majority afraid to rise above the parapet. |
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She has an air of American pragmatism that complements her relentless determination to succeed and rise above her class. |
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Back then, he struggled to rise above racial issues and stereotypes that suggested that a black man couldn't or shouldn't succeed in that field. |
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Good writing, of course, is able to rise above literal, biographical material. |
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What is the difference between revolution and murder and how can you rise above apathy in a world where there is nothing left to believe in? |
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To rise above the din in a society swamped with information, there is no alternative but to be sensational and dramatic. |
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He called upon the rural people to rise above party politics for the overall development of their respective areas. |
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She sang in soft, smoothing volumes, that did not seem to rise above a roar yet filled the entire room with the sweet essence of her voice. |
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Help me Lord to work in harmony with my brothers and sisters in Christ, to rise above small-mindedness and to walk in victory! |
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Even with the newly-installed space heater, the air in there wouldn't rise above forty degrees. |
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Is it some twisted Victorian value that academically gifted people should not be seen to rise above their place? |
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Inversion is the atmospheric condition that causes smoke to not rise above roof top height, and to hang in the air near the ground. |
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The story manages to rise above some of its cheap and cheesy production techniques to reach its redemptive twist of an ending. |
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That we could rise above our narrow parochial shells to embrace the larger us? |
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The foregoing remarks hardly rise above the level of common sense, but they serve to frame a rather striking historical fact. |
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As for widespread sentiment opposing the decision, the Court had a duty to rise above raging currents of public opinion. |
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Surely his extraordinary capacity to rise above the hurt and disappointment of demotion is his most admirable personal trait. |
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Christ rose for each of us, that we might rise above our sin through forgiveness, and live godly lives. |
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Elitism establishes itself on such a putative ability to rise above mundane choices. |
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A young Rastafarian toaster hopes to rise above the trials of his daily life and succeed at a Sound System competition. |
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Flowers rise above the foliage on a scape, and, as the name implies, last for only a day. |
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Back in the good old days everyone knew their place and didn't seek to rise above it. |
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The people make society what it is, and as the people rise above the bestial thought, society will rise above the beastly in its manifestations. |
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The flowers are clusters of bell-shaped blossoms on stems that rise above the foliage, leaves being deep green and either oval or lance shaped. |
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It is by nature a great shiny machine, although stubborn conductorial minds can force it to rise above itself. |
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It is largely due to her polished prose that the books rise above the level of confessionals. |
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Prices are not competitive, in the economist's sense, as soon as they rise above marginal cost. |
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The images are competitive with most 5-megapixel point-and-shoot cameras, but they don't rise above the pack. |
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I urge senators of both parties to rise above the bitterness of the past, to provide a fair hearing and a prompt vote to every nominee. |
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And on and on he goes like that for two pages of second hand factoids and observations that never rise above the pseudo-intellectual. |
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Wisdom teeth become a problem when they don't rise above the gum line, but remain impacted in the jaw, causing inflammation. |
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The idea is to rise above everything, shed all the inhibitions and fears, and be part of the Games. |
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The first half of the play did not unravel or rise above the complexities of the plotting and infighting of the Plantagenets. |
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I know I should be mature and sensible and rise above any feelings of petty envy. |
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He is Prime Minister, and therefore has a duty to rise above the ordinary concerns, fears and prejudices of the common man. |
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Learning how to rise above the pettiness, disagreements, and judgements establishes in you a love for all humanity. |
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The ability of Marxists to forget their history and yet rise above their ignorance is profound. |
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Branson understands that quite a few of us harbour a desire to rise above the multitude. |
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People faced an anxious wait to see how high the river would rise above flood marks. |
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The welfare of the people of Britain could not rise above a level set by the balance of people and land. |
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Another way the movie tries to rise above its own dry plot is to stay fairly fast-paced. |
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Too many of the jokes seem obvious and over-used, while most of the characters struggle to rise above the cliches foisted upon them. |
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Caught between an alcoholic father and a mother suffering from depression, the ninth child of ten vowed to rise above the drama and accomplish great things. |
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Temperatures in the shady old town never rise above 25 degrees centigrade. |
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On occasion, though, the films do rise above their antidotal mandate. |
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We in Europe must be prepared to rise above any peevish reactions to those sentiments. |
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Our main task is to rise above emotions and let the facts speak for themselves. |
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How many things will go wrong before Member States rise above their national egotism and get there? |
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The arches rise above the deck and, in conjunction with the chain suspenders, give the bridge in profile what appear to be a set of eyes. |
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The pain was something he had to endure, that he had to rise above. |
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Elgar's Sea Pictures seldom rise above the fustian level of their poetic texts, and among the six Chausson items only two or three were memorable. |
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This systemization allows the collective to rise above the frenzied anarchy of previous years, and offer the kinds of additional bonuses that were lacking, Hudson says. |
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There are times when this doesn't rise above the level of superior student production, particularly in the awkward doubling and some of the crowd scenes. |
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In other lands however there are pillagers and marauders that keep me strong, but soon will come a time when slaughter shall cover these lands and I shall rise above the rest. |
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If you'd prefer to remain optimistic about this movie's potential to rise above literal-minded conformity to the source material, then I suggest you don't watch the trailer. |
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Of course, when an entire throng is trying to rise above itself, an epidemic of free-form vulgarity and solipsism ensues. |
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And so he bears within him the potential to rise above his skewed materialistic values and tap into a true sense of dignity. |
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The film does little to rise above its second-rate pedigree. |
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Automatic operation allows an individual talker's voice to rise above background noise and reverberation to become clearer and more intelligible. |
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Its penetrating tone could carry far and rise above the fracas. |
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But if you can rise above it and stay aloof of these counter-productive debates, you'll often be known as the winner. |
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It helps us to rise above life's trivialities and to subdue its turbulence. |
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I think that in our reasoning, we should rise above a purely economics-orientated approach and reading. |
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You will come out of this, emerge from it, rise above it, and it may sound soupy to say so, but it just happens, or rather, we make such things happen. |
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Continuing education enables a person to keep busy at his highest natural level, and sometimes to rise above it. |
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In general, drummers sounded reveille as soon as the sun began to rise above the horizon. |
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Now we need to make an additional effort to rise above the obstacles which concern, above all, qualified majority voting. |
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Akshaye, with his quiet presence and brooding eyes gets the chance to rise above the ordinary in a role, which I'm sure most actors would crave for. |
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If your co-latitude plus the declination of the star is greater than zero, then it will rise above your horizon at least sometime during the year. |
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The lower centre front of the bodice is gathered into horizontal lines of shirring which rise above the deep point. |
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Two floors of open galleries rise above the foyer, magically transforming the musicians carrying instruments between classes, into walk-on extras in a theatre production. |
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The attitude of Mel Usher, councilor for the Market ward, is to rise above such pettiness and not get drawn into any mudslinging. |
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Football chairmen should rise above being simply crowd-pleasers. |
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I have learned that it takes confidence, determination and dedication to rise above a challenge and reach the goals that I have set for myself. |
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People who have acquired proper habits will rise above the handicap of difficult conditions and so reduce risks to a minimum. |
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Only the delicately comic exchanges between Nanny and Garnett rise above this tub-thumping. |
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They want to see a president issue big and courageous proposals, and they want Congress to rise above the blah-blah-blah. |
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The unwritten rule of luxury goods marketing is to rise above the messiness of the moment. |
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We do not seem to manage, once the police and courts are involved, to rise above the nationalistic knee-jerk reaction. |
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An ability to rise above it and project sincerity amid the hokum is a skill not to be under-rated. |
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Under the with child support formula the operation of the ceiling is complicated by the fact that child support increases as incomes rise above the ceiling. |
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And in this, our Year of the Veteran, we have asked all Canadians to rise and shine. To rise above the amnesia of time and shine new light on the Veterans who made our history. |
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It is time for all parliamentarians to rise above the crass political gamesmanship and take our discourse to a level in Parliament that Canadians deserve. |
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To admire a wide view you must rise above the village, following a steep road that leads to the top of high cliffs with fantastic views over the Gulf of Castellammare. |
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Mr. Speaker, documents obtained under access to information prove that the Prime Minister is unable to rise above petty personal potshots, even when it comes to the health and safety of Canadians. |
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Do not move the unit when the water chamber is full, as the tilting motion can cause the water level to rise above the nebulizer membrane, preventing it from working. |
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For their part, the leaders of the country must rise above parochial party interests and show real statesmanship for the sake of their country and their people. |
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Selflessness, to rise above personal interest so as always to promote the realization of the will of the people of one's province through their elected representatives. |
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Women themselves need to have the ability to overcome deep-rooted barriers such as habits and attitudes, and rise above vested interests, division and disunity. |
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And so the technologist and the engineer in their practical pursuits are extending the opportunities to those who wish to rise above the tedium of daily toil. |
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No wonder you're struggling to rise above the after-effects. |
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Now is the time for leaders on both sides to rise above domestic politics and make the difficult choices, sacrifices and compromises that are required to secure an historic peace agreement. |
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The meniscus of the agar should rise above the rim of the plate to give a slightly convex surface in order to allow a good contact with the surface to be sampled. |
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I was very inspired by his trying to appeal to the commonality of all religious organizations to rise above religious sectarianism and embrace a common value-based spirituality. |
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But I try to look for what makes us better people, what makes us more than our pettiness and weakness, what makes us rise above that day-to-day hassle. |
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When the demand for goods and services pushes the Canadian economy against the limits of its capacity, and inflation is poised to rise above target, the Bank will raise interest rates to cool off the economy. |
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I know when I speak to many members here, they want to see us all rise above rhetoric and beyond the point scoring process that seems to happen here daily. |
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Both involve examples of how well Canada has been served over the years by people who rise above what each of us has to do each day just to get by. |
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Chief Clarence Louie has been invited to many other communities in Canada and globally to speak about economic development, and what First Nations can do to rise above their circumstances and prosper. |
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I am sure that the day the government achieves such vigilance, affirmation and determination, it will find that all opposition parties will rise above all partisan differences and give it their support. |
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We urge our politicians to rise above who is right and do what is right. |
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The Province is liable to make payments should the cost estimate for nuclear used fuel management rise above speciÑed thresholds, for a Ñxed volume of used fuel. |
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This, in turn, requires the creation of a credible arm's length institution to monitor compliance with this framework and rise above the fray to give Canadians the straight goods on health care. |
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Meditate, and understand that the unification that you need is spiritual, and that you will attain it when you rise above your passions and fanaticism. |
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The handcrafted Esther pot shows what happens when handmade ceramics rise above the grannyish rap and truly shine. |
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They were one means by which to rise above exiguities and weather the turbulences in a precarious world. |
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Even when the beam is emitted parallel to the ground, it will rise above it as the Earth curvature sinks below the horizon. |
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Several islands tied together by bars which rise above the water level are called a tombolo cluster. |
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His tireless courage inspired us to rise above the devastation. |
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Their split edges form a perfectly geometric square that seems to rise above the reality of wood and bark. |
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The death toll from Congo's air tragedy, when a cargo plane's doors sprung open in mid-air, will probably rise above the 14 deaths announced so far. |
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Cerro Amarillo, a domal feature approximately six kilometers across, and Cerro Bola, which is truncated by a major north-south trending normal fault, rise above this surface. |
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State law caps increases at an average of 10 percent, but rates can rise above the average to meet the goal of making rates actuarially sound over several years. |
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When tides are predicted to rise above 110 centimetres, the pontoons will be filled with air, causing them to float and block the incoming water from the Adriatic Sea. |
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These islands rise above the surrounding flat land which forms the largest plain of Britain from the Jurassic system of partly consolidated clays or muds. |
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Marx accused Proudhon of wanting to rise above the bourgeoisie. |
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