It may make a petty person all the more petty, or a shy person more sociable.
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For those who cannot get such regular jobs, a petty business is the next best thing.
John Larimer, 27, a Petty Officer Third Class with the U.S. Navy, was from Crystal Lake, Ill.
This was essentially a petty move to send a message that the TSA team is not happy about being mocked.
The only problem is that, while the behavior may now seem appropriate, whining will forever be a petty, unpleasant, primitive mode of expressing oneself.
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In his 2010 autobiography, "Robber: From Suburbs to Organized Crime, " Faid chronicled his progression from a petty thief to one of France's most notorious criminals.
His acclaimed 1964 book, "Gideon's Trumpet, " told the story of a petty thief whose fight for legal representation led to a landmark Supreme Court decision.
Summers was released from prison in July on a petty theft conviction as part of a California law designed to ease crowding in state prisons.
The spat even disintegrated into a petty quarrel over large vehicles.
He is a petty thief who comes a cropper when he falls in love with Jocelyn (Catherine McCormack) - a geeky, complex bag of a neuroses.
"It was like a floating village, " said the 54-year-old, who worked on HMS Sheffield, HMS Southampton, HMS Manchester and HMS Newcastle as a leading seaman and a petty officer.
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But he was now a petty warlord beholden to no one, and his rank of "general" was recognized due to his years of fealty and service against the Taliban.
In his most human film, the 1952 Ikiru, a petty bureaucrat learns he is dying of cancer and resolves to do one good thing: fight for the creation of a city park.
In his autobiography, "Robber: From Suburbs to Organized Crime, " Faid chronicled his progression from a petty thief to one of France's most notorious criminals, according to the book's publisher, La Manufacture De Livres.
Questions have been raised as to why Mohammed Merah -- a petty criminal who was placed under surveillance by French authorities after visiting Pakistan and Afghanistan -- was not being more closely watched.
In his 2010 autobiography, "Robber: From Suburbs to Organized Crime, " Faid chronicled his progression from a petty thief to one of France's most notorious criminals, according to the book's publisher, La Manufacture De Livres.
These insectlike figures play out a petty drama of greed, jealousy, and depraved indifference to human life, while voice-over narrations try strenuously, and unsuccessfully, to persuade us that something weighty and tragic is going on.
He left the Navy as a chief petty officer in 2009 with a chest full of medals, including two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars, according to his service record released by the Pentagon.
Labour Newport West MP Paul Flynn accused Mr Jones of trying to trivialise Rowecord Engineering's problems and turn them into a "petty party point" when they were much deeper.
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Mr Berlusconi is also charged with abusing his power of office after calling a police station to press for the release of Ms Mahroug when she was arrested in Milan in a separate petty theft case.
Eleven years ago, I was a Second Class Petty Officer sitting in jail without hope, without a plan, without a future.
The founders of the Navy Memorial envisioned this Lone Sailor at 25 years old at most, a senior second class petty officer who is fast becoming a seagoing veteran.
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As the country ages and grows poorer, this has led to a surge in petty crime, such as shoplifting by the elderly.
Mark, a master chief petty officer and the ranking noncommissioned officer on the operation, crouched on one knee beside the open door of the lead helicopter.
In fact, because of family reunion, it is impossible to prevent more migrants coming in, but that has recently been made harder with a range of petty and illiberal rules.
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The Magic organization looks petty for relieving a coach who won two-thirds of his regular season games, and Mr. Howard looks similarly petty and diva-ish for failing to co-exist professionally with a proven coaching talent.
Ultimately, better results from the Petty duo--and even some trips to victory lane--would go a long way toward Petty's comeback.
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