• By requiring speakers to carefully consider the meaning of their words, he hoped that his analytical language would force many of the subterranean quirks of human cognition to the surface, and free people from the bugs that infect their thinking.

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  • So-called foreign policy realists, particularly in the academic world, believe that the competing interests of states tend automatically toward balance and require no statesmanlike action by the U.S. To them, the old language of force in international politics has become as obsolete as that of the "code duello, " which regulated individual honor fights through the early 19th century.

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  • For the Zachry sections, Mitchell constructed post-apocalyptic mutations of the English language, which effectively force readers to translate as they go.

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  • Not everyone agrees that Twitter can be a positive force for modern language.

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  • He argues that the profanities are "integral" to the poem's "incantatory" rhythm and the force of its language - and cannot be considered "gratuitous".

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  • One of Seth's strengths is that, unlike many writers of his generation, he doesn't constantly try to force readers to appreciate his command over the language.

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  • Ethnic Albanians, who make up about one-third of Macedonia's two million population, have fought for better recognition of its language and an increased presence in parliament and the police force.

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  • As he described, the Anglosphere was a persistent force that created a common world culture via land, language, and law (the common law, which originated in Anglo-Saxon culture).

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  • Absent precise language in a contract spelling out contingencies, courts use such doctrines as force majeure to decide whether the contract is still valid.

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  • That sweeping language is similar to the language the Security Council has used in prior peacekeeping operations where the use of force was authorized as a last resort.

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  • One driver, according to the English-language Russian news channel RT, said his truck was pushed tens of meters by floodwaters, while the force of the floodwaters ripped a 10-year-old girl her mother's arms.

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  • Welsh language commissioner Meri Huws said the minister's timetable provided clarity as to when standards were expected to come into force.

    BBC: Scope of Welsh language standards announced

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