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The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama who is prepared to take a conciliatory and concessive attitude towards America's decline and that it has a Chinese leadership which has been extremely cautious about expressing an opinion, let alone flexing its muscles.
Martin Jacques
Attitude
Alone
Time
Leadership
World
President
Extremely
Has-Been
Obama
About
Take
Towards
Opinion
Least
Been
Cautious
America
American
Being
Which
Chinese
Decline
American President
Fortunate
Who
Prepared
Expressing
Muscles
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been a particularly vigorous exponent of this credo; and there is no reason to believe that China, for example, will be any different. But behind the moral rhetoric invariably lies interest and ideology.
Martin Jacques
Old
Will
Example
Power
Ideology
Action
Believe
Every
Has-Been
Moral
Lies
Seeks
Invariably
No Reason
Almost
Major
For Example
Particularly
Hills
Always
Been
West
Any
Behaviour
Behind
Different
Rhetoric
China
Interest
Justify
Reason
Grounds
Vigorous
One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy - above all, the war in Iraq. During the Cold War, the Wilson government resisted the suggestion that it should send troops to Vietnam.
Martin Jacques
War
Government
Cold
Cold War
Extraordinary
Has-Been
Wilson
Above
Blair
Troops
Features
Support
Policy
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Been
Iraq
Send
Central
Bush
Vietnam
Should
Resisted
Suggestion
Slavish
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
Martin Scorsese
Life
Religion
Nothing
Else
Has-Been
Been
Movies
Whole
Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.
Martin Van Buren
Will
Made
Congress
Every
Relation
Several
Out
Has-Been
Carry
Proper
Wishes
House
House Of Representatives
Trade
Exertion
Continue
Been
Branches
Legislation
Representatives
Tobacco
Two
Resolutions
Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an entire section of Beirut, the northern border has been absolutely quiet.
Martin Van Creveld
War
Destruction
Section
Has-Been
Border
Entire
Civilians
Absolutely
Since
Perhaps
Lebanese
Lebanon
Been
Led
Quiet
Northern
Them
Many
Beirut
Second
Volkswagen has been, is, and will always be my life.
Martin Winterkorn
Life
Will
My Life
Has-Been
Always
Been
I don't know if there ever has been anyone in the NFL who plays his position as well as Steve Tasker.
Marv Levy
Has-Been
Know
Steve
Well
Been
His
Anyone
Who
Ever
Plays
Position
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.
Mary Astell
Wisdom
Women
Men
Has-Been
Must
Folly
Determined
More
Perhaps
Wit
Although
Said
Been
Malice
Women Are
Than
Either
Incapable
Means
Acting
Grant
Naturally
Necessarily
It would have been nice if the people who were criticising 'Civilizations' had actually watched it. But the popular response has been tremendous, and in the end, that's what really matters.
Mary Beard
People
Matters
Nice
Tremendous
Response
Has-Been
Would
Civilizations
Had
Were
Been
End
In The End
Really
Who
Popular
Actually
Watched
What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'
Mary Berry
Great
Seven
Honour
Has-Been
Magic
Part
Tent
Bake
Been
Years
Off
Privilege
British
I'm just very grateful that the media has been so kind to me, because there's nothing unusual about me. I'm just a mum and a granny who is teaching cookery on TV. Basically, I'm very ordinary.
Mary Berry
Me
Grateful
Nothing
Has-Been
Kind
TV
About
Unusual
Because
Been
Very
Just
Ordinary
Granny
Teaching
Cookery
Who
Media
Mum
Basically
Our guest likes the convenience of being able of drive up to the store and not necessarily walk through a mall to find Ulta. This kind of shopping has been trending for some period of time.
Mary Dillon
Time
Shopping
Walk
Drive
Our
Guest
Has-Been
Kind
Find
Able
Some
Through
Period
Likes
Been
Mall
Up
Convenience
Being
Store
Necessarily
I long for real and true connection. It has been the theme of all the songs in my whole life.
Mary Gauthier
Life
Long
Has-Been
Songs
True
Real
Been
Theme
Connection
Whole
Jockeying for a popularity position has been a valorized teen tradition since the notion of a discrete teen stage of life was invented.
Mary H.K. Choi
Life
Stage
Teen
Has-Been
Invented
Since
Tradition
Been
Discrete
Notion
Popularity
Position
The endorsement game has been very good to me.
Mary Lou Retton
Good
Me
Game
Has-Been
Been
Very
Endorsement
I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mom
You
Beginning
Has-Been
Said
Audition
Go
Been
Want
Happening
Agents
Show
Who
Coolest
Watching
Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.
Mary Ritter Beard
Reality
World
Will
Sit
Enjoy
Those
Though
Has-Been
Critics
Feast
Lifted
Veil
Mass
Continue
Been
Revolts
Them
Themselves
Separates
Toiling
Who
Even
Below
It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to work with so many dedicated SEC staff who strive every day to protect investors and ensure our markets operate with integrity.
Mary Schapiro
Work
Day
Integrity
Experience
Every Day
Every
Incredibly
Our
Markets
Ensure
Strive
Has-Been
Investors
Protect
Operate
Been
Rewarding
Rewarding Experience
Staff
Dedicated
Who
Many
SEC
My peripheral vision has been severely limited because of my diabetes, which means I can see just fine looking straight ahead. But if I am at a function with lots of people, I am constantly bumping into people - even kicking them!
Mary Tyler Moore
People
Vision
Diabetes
Looking
Kicking
Has-Been
Constantly
Fine
See
Peripheral
Because
Limited
Am
Been
Lots
Just
Which
Straight
Them
Means
Even
Function
We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.
Mary Wortley Montagu
Before
Nothing
Say
Circumstances
Laughed
Tell
Has-Been
Fabulous
Observed
New
Said
Been
Dull
Very
Romantic
Anything
Us
Hard
Travellers
I want to know what my food has been eating.
Masa Takayama
Food
Has-Been
Eating
Know
Been
Want
When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special.
Mat Kearney
Love
Young
Out
Has-Been
Excited
Came
Been
Really
Special
With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I've been treated here has been awesome.
Mats Sundin
Fans
Organization
Awesome
Way
Has-Been
Toronto
Been
Maple
Here
Treated
In the U.S., the conspiracy theory subculture has been hijacked by the Right to try to take down people like Obama and put forward rightwing libertarianism.
Matt Bellamy
People
Try
Conspiracy
Down
Has-Been
Obama
Take
Put
Hijacked
Like
Subculture
Been
Theory
Forward
Right
I find the fact that my voice has been heard all over the world more insane than anything else.
Matt Berry
World
Else
Insane
Has-Been
Find
More
Voice
Fact
Over
Been
Heard
Than
Anything
Anything Else
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