If it was indifference, then Mr Sharon has risked deeply upsetting many of his country's friends.

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Then there is the ratings-driven indifference of television to local politics.

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And, once the screwdriver was in her hand, she felt instant relief from the pain of having an old soft-backed man snuffling under her tub, and then something more than relief: a blessed indifference, as if the very idea of feeling pain over such a thing were baffling.

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David heard him out in silence, then shrugged, as if it were a matter of indifference to him.

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