"Pride of ownership" was a favorite phrase of my father's, embodying an idea real as bread to a man of his background, one having to do not with social competitiveness or conspicuous consumption but with his standing as a manly provider.

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He told the programme that the British establishment was "toying with the idea of trying to distract everyone with these bread and circuses" from the economic downturn.

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Dr. Shouldice rejected the idea that a hernia should be given to a young surgical resident or treated as a bread-and-butter procedure.

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