Yet this extraordinary cultural encounter wasill-starred.
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There is the gross inflation of capital due to theseill-starredpromotions.
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Thatill-starreddocument seems to be more elastic than even the framers originally intended.
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I believe that our governments would do well to revoke thisill-starredagreement.
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Will he not, therefore, stop flirting with thisill-starredidea?
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There are two particular causes which have come together in anill-starredconjunction.
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All have beenill-starred, but all have been faithful and sincere.
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Thisill-starredexperiment has caused immense injury both to our harassed finances and our creative energy.
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Is he aware that there is still a small number of us who see nothing in thisill-starredproject but financial, ecological and, finally, physical disaster?
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The bits of it which devolve powers are minor and cosmetic, but centralisation is the key, because the key does lie in theseill-starredfinancial clauses.
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During the year 1843 the air was full of different conspiracies and various otherill-starredattempts at nationalist uprisings were made.
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He described to be very harsh and was called asill-starredidealist.
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