"I would be so bold as to say they were better than most people expected them to be, " she said.

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"These shows that are able to be so bold and graphic and uncompromising, unflinching, stand to serve that purpose and be the sort of receptacle for all that collective anxiety, " he said.

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For those that aren't so bold and want to be set up with strangers by social media, a website for shy and lovelorn flyers went live earlier this year.

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The implications of this are so alarming that we must be bold about trying to reverse it.

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So a good operator has to be bold in changing circumstances that could damage or kill the business.

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There will be a time to buy but only the bold do so now.

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There is so much competition that startups have to be creative, flexible and bold.

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But such reservations have to be weighed against a mind-blowing ending, so bold I can hardly believe Darabont got away with it.

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But if director Bryan Singer and his FX team ensure the visuals are bold, sometimes breathtaking, as so often seems to be the case, the screenplay is comparatively pedestrian.

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In the promotion, it states that no Bowie look would be complete without bold bright make-up, so Selfridges is teaming up with Illamasqua to offer shoppers daily makeovers and master classes.

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So the typical risk-averse, conservative, bureaucratic procedures have to be tossed out the window in favor of bold, creative experiments.

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