Poplarism (for those receiving relief guardians would newly acquireknightlystatus).
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The conclusion was that bureaucracy and limited resources often overshadowknightlyand knavish motivations.
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To lose the conflict means to lose hisknightlyhonour, and perhaps even his life.
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Taken as a whole, these descriptive findings underline the extent to which mercantile motives operate alongsideknightlyand knavish ones.
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The main trends in dentistry are driven by bothknightlyand knavish motives.
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Having attained the love of the lion, he performs hisknightlyduties in a way that underlines not his 'knightlyvalour', but his 'true service'.
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But how is that context to be changed in order to ensure that unselfish altruist can live up to theknightlyideal?
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Often consulted by the engineers of other countries he was rewarded by foreign governments withknightlydistinctions.
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Individual, 'knightly' behaviour could be increased by the 'example' (or 'demonstration') that the state sets.
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Champions of both agree that service providers would beknightly, whether because of their awareness of the 'moral' interdependence of people, or their professional expertise.
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But that is the very flower ofknightlycourteous words because the alternative explanation—that she does know what she is doing—is really very offensive indeed.
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There may have been something quixotic about his character, but, by that very token, he was always a pattern ofknightlyvirtue, a shining example of integrity.
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It is usually associated with ideals ofknightlyvirtues, honour and courtly love.
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The golden fleece hangs in front of the body, which is a reference to the most importantknightlyorders time.
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Knightlynotes that animistic elements surface occasionally in the characters' stream of consciousness.
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