We simply cannot afford to collaterally alienate the people we are trying to influence, liberate, protect, or aid. |
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In one fell swoop we would alienate every parent and teacher in the country. |
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In Canada too, we see politicians striving to take the middle ground, aiming to not alienate potential voters. |
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Far from increasing our potential to participate in politics and society, this can only serve to alienate and atomise us further. |
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In this, as in other matters, he has been going out of his way not to alienate the party, members of which hold key posts in his cabinet. |
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This patronising attitude only serves to alienate potential members who might otherwise be sympathetic to socialist ideas. |
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I didn't exercise that option, because I didn't want to alienate my fellow directors and counselors by appearing insubordinate. |
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Aside from stretching the limits of plausibility, these actions only serve to frustrate us and alienate us from the characters. |
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It takes a kind of genius to alienate both major political parties in the space of a month. |
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If they try radical innovations, they might alienate the solid fan base that has sustained them down the decades. |
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This iteration builds on what was achieved in its predecessor, without making wholesale changes that could alienate fans of the original. |
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Each has its advantages but whichever one the producer chooses is certain to alienate some section of the public. |
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Healthy ambition is a fine quality, but winning at all costs can alienate even the most devoted admirers. |
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By appealing to the lowest common denominator and older technologies, denominations and many churches alienate more sophisticated users. |
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The advancement of genetic engineering and biotechnology will further alienate farmer from farming. |
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Therefore, 10 percent could be used most effectively to alienate traditional fishing grounds, leaving vast areas of non-productive barrens. |
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The pace is languid and events too abstract to be a children's movie, yet corny stunts alienate mature viewers. |
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The actors bristle at the notion that this sentiment will alienate a patriotic audience. |
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Her Punjabi family's traditional ways, and their expectations of a dutiful daughter, alienate her. |
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In his dealings with Cabinet colleagues he was diplomatic and careful not to alienate. |
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Why would the editor of a newspaper alienate some of its better educated paying customers? |
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The danger is she's going to alienate the Indian community so badly it will be unrepairable. |
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Crucial to a high-functioning team, feedback needs to be delivered in a way that will inspire, not alienate. |
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Excessive harshness may alienate readers, and make them sympathize with your adversaries. |
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He said the company did not want to alienate its existing customer base by pursuing a younger market. |
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But let not the debates alienate you from the intellectual and spiritual capacity of religious fervour. |
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At the same time, all this does is alienate liberal supporters who are perplexed by her insane and pointless maneuvring. |
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The Army sought to avoid actions that would alienate either Americans or Filipinos. |
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But what would a party of pro-Europeans rather do, alienate Chile or alienate Spain? |
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Will we alienate our loyal, core listeners if we dramatically change our story content? |
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As the 1998 midterm elections approached, Republican lawmakers had no desire to alienate the conservatives who formed their core constituency. |
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Austerity and sternness will alienate his affections, and severe words will sting him to the quick. |
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This has meant resiling from positions that might alienate persuadable interests. |
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Harper's not going to alienate the social conservatives of any other group of disaffected voters. |
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The waif seemed eager to get inside, but I didn't want to alienate her affections if she had a home. |
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He is nothing but a cheap penny-pincher who has gone out of his way to alienate himself from Chicago fans. |
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Dr. Chapin never attempted in any way to alienate my affections from father. |
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The danger, of course, is that this unfamiliar discourse can alienate the candidate from other members of the search committee. |
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He didn't want to alienate his daughter who was already growing away from him. |
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In the meantime, he's even managed to alienate some of his old mates from advertising. |
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But all he has done so far is alienate the military brass, defense industry execs, and Congress. |
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Remember your international visitors by avoiding regional word usage or technical jargon that could alienate. |
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He's managed to alienate allies with his foreign policy, tarnishing America's image in the world, punting our claims to moral leadership. |
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The granting of intellectual property rights over the products of this research has served only to alienate the public even further. |
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Ever since the 1290 statute, it has been a principle of the law that generally an estate owner should have free and unfettered power to alienate his property. |
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Ehlers may alienate those uninterested in being taken on a tour through dissonant post-classical territories, preferring instead a stay in pleasanter climes. |
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He has said nothing about the Republicans' actions in the election campaign because he does not want to alienate right-wing forces whose support he is courting. |
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He feared that by endorsing Sinclair he would alienate the banking and industrial elite, which he was attempting to win to the side of his New Deal policies. |
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Make sure that both the interior and exterior look as close to standard as is possible, as even the smallest modification can alienate potential takers. |
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This is no time to both alienate that audience and shoot holes in the schedule. |
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He doesn't worry that his provocativeness will alienate customers or critics. |
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The risk would be to alienate public opinion in these countries against the Union and that would risk us being seen as vacuous and vacillators. |
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To make over, or part with as by gift, sale or other means of alienation, alienate or bestow. |
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These patterns alienate us from our bodies, causing pain and discomfort and generating recurring moods that diminish our experience of life. |
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With Lebanese elections scheduled for June, Mr Mikati found himself parrying demands that were sure to alienate his Sunni constituents. |
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Everyday life is palled by tension and fear, which alienate familiar things and hollow out friendships. |
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Paleo-conservatives regard him as a wuss on immigration, but the Republicans would be insane to alienate Latinos. |
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They may even alienate or antagonize some respondents so that they refuse to complete the interview. |
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Youth are the main victims of high rates of joblessness which marginalise and alienate them. |
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It has not only managed to alienate its former supporters but it has also failed to endear itself to its adversaries. |
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Whatever the reasons for that particular measly fine, it will alienate a large number of fans. |
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This would further alienate the already fragile trust of opposition groups and instigate a dangerous collapse of civil society. |
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Arguments which smack of selfinterest for union officials and members may also alienate the public. |
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Predictably, this tends to alienate those who are not part of the inner circle. |
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They thus alienate people from their parishes by providing alternative structures and styles of religiosity. |
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On the contrary, they may serve only to alienate and exacerbate tensions or to glorify the few who choose to resort to acts of terrorism. |
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Change was driven from the Republic, but the leadership was careful not to alienate the more conservative membership in Northern Ireland. |
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Instead they have managed to alienate even natural allies by adopting a hostile negotiating strategy and holier-than-thou approach. |
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For them it's more of a strategy of moving in such a way that they don't alienate their current customer base. |
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I think a very small amount of parents absolutely make up a lie and intend to alienate the child. |
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However, those who only point out problems while never offering thoughtful solutions also alienate those around them. |
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Eleven numbered treaties were signed in Canada, which were intended to formally alienate most of the land in Canada. |
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The President did not want to alienate Southern legislators whose votes he needed on his New Deal legislation. |
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Further violence and escalation of the events into a civil war would only alienate him from the bulk of the Ukrainian people. |
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Yet the brutish rhetoric inevitably coming from GOP opponents will only alienate Hispanics even more than they already are. |
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It's here where Oldham's audience is forced to decide whether or not this whole project is just an elaborate joke to frustrate and alienate his fans. |
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It is typical of Keegan not to wish to alienate people who are hoping to arrange an ecologically sound disposal of their mortal remains upon their own flowerbeds. |
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I choose to be loyal to my values and to alienate my team members. |
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The ultimate purpose of the acquisitions is to enable the Territory to validly alienate Crown land in the manner that is stated in the notices of proposed acquisition. |
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The young man, in his efforts to extricate the young woman from her problems, manages to alienate her affections while arousing the enmity of her powerful protector. |
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If you don't take the people with you then you alienate them and we don't want to jeopardise the work of three or four years by riding roughshod over what people think. |
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But on the ground, their own sectarianism and fanatical puritanism often lead the Salafi to reject or alienate those who might otherwise be their allies. |
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Their blunt way of describing some of the ills of society might alienate some people, especially those unaccustomed to sarcasm or sardonic humour. |
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This new government, however, managed to alienate the native population by seizing clerically held lands, closing religious schools, and abolishing shariat courts. |
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However, over the longer term such disruptions could alienate an increasing number of people and increase the threat to the safe and secure environment. |
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However, the original lyrics are far too pro-Britain and it was felt 'The Maple Leaf Forever' would only further alienate Quebecers. |
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The absence of career prospects will alienate young people from scientific and technical studies, while science graduates will look to other more lucrative careers. |
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Initially, Gorbachev was apparently astute enough to proceed with care and to build his support so as not to alienate the existing institutions of power or arouse the hostility of the population. |
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A savvy politician, Morales sought to sound more militant than his competitors, while simultaneously seeking not to irreparably alienate either the Bolivian bourgeoisie or the imperialists. |
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Our personal identification with it and the emphasis on being a reader-believer had a tendency to alienate and repel those who are not part of the group. |
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Similarly, a spouse may not, without the consent of the other spouse, alienate, hypothecate or remove from the family residence the movable property serving for the use of the household. |
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I tried to get on with people, but seemed mostly to alienate them. |
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Theoretically, he has enough votes to push a bill through, but he is coming up for re-election as Speaker and will not want to alienate conservative Republicans. |
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After all, the move to appeal to a wider audience was a risky one, as it could alienate a legion of buyers and admirers who literally grew up idolizing this model, which was launched about 15 years ago. |
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Few Liberal Democrats would have campaigned on a policy that threatened to alienate every church and disrupt a third of the schools in the country. |
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The normally footsure Nigel Farage has already managed to alienate the breastfeeders. |
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You're not effective if you alienate people. |
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If your price is too high, you may alienate customers, and if it's too low, you may give the impression that your product or service is cheap and below standard. |
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Women abduct and alienate children as a privilege. |
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For us in this place to begin to pass legislation which seeks to alienate that inalienable dignity crosses a moral Rubicon, the consequences of which we cannot possibly foresee. |
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The Board may alienate the Company's shares in the Stock Market or in any other way in the circumstances stipulated by law, without prior authorisation from the general meeting. |
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He got into conflicts with the Manchus over the looting of Chinese cities, and managed to alienate most Mongol tribes. |
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Neither spouse may, without the consent of the other spouse, alienate, pledge or lease movable property used in the household or encumber the right to it in any other way. |
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Does it alienate certain social and cultural groups? |
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What he perceives as his own flamboyant behaviour can sometimes be seen by others as crudeness and may alienate the very people he is trying to impress. |
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Europe, in fact, has continued to vacillate between a desire to be even-handed and a concern not to alienate the United States and this has rendered its Middle East diplomacy ineffective. |
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Where Mrs. Wire has a tendency to alienate her lodgers, Nursie heals their wounds — not obsequiously but out of a true understanding of how hurt feels. |
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The incident highlighted French and British weakness, exemplified by their reluctance to alienate Italy and lose her as their ally. |
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Even more, though, the government saw little reason to alienate specific parcels of land, some of which might have potential as mineral-bearing ground, in the absence of non-Native development pressure. |
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They would primarily conduct foot patrols in Mogadishu to dominate the area of operations in such a manner as to reassure, rather than alienate, the population. |
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A spouse may not without the other spouse's agreement alienate the assets on which the family's place of residence depends, nor the furnishings of that residence. |
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You don't want to be seen too much as a media tart, and as a rent-a-gob, because you just alienate all your colleagues. |
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I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky. |
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In any event, it is crucial that whatever form of protection ultimately used has a positive impact on indigenous peoples and does not further alienate or misappropriate traditional knowledge and indigenous customary laws. |
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That may work spectacularly well, or it may alienate some users. |
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The idea was that such men would be more tractable and less likely to alienate the fief from the crown out of their own greed. |
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Some in the Welsh rugby world, such as Bobby Windsor, believed that including the name Newport would alienate some fans in the surrounding valleys. |
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Active listening is a good technique, but how and when you use it needs to vary if you do not want to further alienate the person you are talking to. |
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A corporate takeover of this project is likely to alienate the userbase. |
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The group's second album, Gold Against the Soul, displayed a more commercial, grungy sound which served to alienate both fans and the band itself. |
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