If you can't think of anything to say, be agreeable.
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"Would you be agreeable to that?" the veteran Democratic senator pressed.
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They may be agreeable, if you have a consistent payment history.
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But mostly he just felt it was important at this stage to be agreeable.
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He'll cheerfully retweet critics, and asks awkward questions while still managing to be agreeable.
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Combined with social conditioning to be agreeable, she shuts up and does what he says.
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The mix has enough weirdness and odd brilliance that it ought to be agreeable enough.
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I asked them, in a voice intended to be agreeable, if they all spoke English.
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Even if you owe more than $50,000, the agency will probably be agreeable to a payment plan.
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We're told Johnny might be agreeable to pay her for a period of time -- probably around 8 months.
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"It's not productive to always be agreeable," adds Gorjana Reidel, co-founder of eponymous California-born jewelry line Gorjana.
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Is it because he doesn't try to be agreeable or enjoyable, or play the bad boy or grumpy elder?
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Maybe, then, he should try heeding his words: "Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary," Churchill said.
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Tom tries to be agreeable toward whatever's asked of him, but he does have his own opinions and biases.
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Second Nature taught all of us how to pretend, how to better bury ourselves and be agreeable, to get along.
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Disagreeing with the notion that the only appropriate response is the be agreeable, Pompeo encouraged other women to ask for more.
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" When asked if Labour would be agreeable to a snap election in the coming weeks, Qureshi said, "No, we wouldn't be.
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Dillon says in the docs her lawyers approached Josh's attorneys to see if they'd be agreeable to the dismissal, but they balked.
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I would, however, still like to have a conversation with him that showcases my evolutionary tendency to be agreeable, cooperative and enthusiastic!!!!
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But it's also maybe the easiest way to expand insurance coverage and one that should be agreeable to politicians of both parties.
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What would be agreeable is a tea plant that provides all the taste and goodness but with little or none of the caffeine.
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"He'd never say that he'd be agreeable to be vice president but that's because that time hasn't come yet," Inhofe said of Kasich.
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She can't really be agreeable to a Targaryen from the south — born and raised on another continent, no less — taking ownership of her home, right?
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Whether that's enough to build a Broadway musical on is another question, one "The Cher Show," striving to be agreeable, never gets close to answering.
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She asked for one thing — a cup of coffee — and settled for a coke instead, because it was necessary to Ford's believability that she be agreeable.
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A culture that conditions men to believe that manliness comes from treating women as objects, and teaches women always to be agreeable, both reflects and reinforces this inequality.
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From a young age, boys are taught never to take no for an answer, while girls are taught to be agreeable, or in other words, always to say yes.
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If the flavour of thyme be agreeable, you may put in a little, but take care that it does not boil in it long enough to discolour the soup.
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A 2011 report in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggested that subjects were less likely to be agreeable and engage in charitable acts after eating sour candy.
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"If they're not going to be agreeable to his perspective, or if there's any chance of anybody making any kind of statement, he might not want them there," Gems said.
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But the proportion of give and take in male-female partnerships is always worth examining and negotiating, especially considering women are mostly expected to be agreeable and men are mostly expected to be assertive.
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He added: "There are going to be places that we disagree, but the idea we have to be disagreeable — I'm sorry, but I've been in this business a spell and I'd rather be agreeable."
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Sources familiar with the situation tell us, Sony made secret overtures to Kesha that it will be agreeable to ending her deal, and the trigger is a mea culpa in which she confesses Luke didn't rape her.
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After the brief was filed on Thursday, one source close to Google admitted that just getting all the companies on board and determining the precise wording that would be agreeable to all took a lot of time and energy.
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The deal will also need to be agreeable to Democrats, who have refused to budge on providing funding for Puerto Rico along with other disaster-stricken parts of the US. "I'm going to go see what he's interested in," said Sen.
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Sharon and Ozzy finished their note by naming some other artists who previously vocalized their support for the president — including Kanye West, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent — that may be agreeable to having their songs used in Trump's political material.
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Any deal reached will also need to be agreeable to Democrats, who have refused to budge on providing funding for Puerto Rico along with other disaster-stricken parts of the US. Congress is now beginning a two-week break through April 29.
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The Irish government has sought such a commitment if it is to allow Brexit talks to move onto the next stage this month, although RTE said it remained an open question whether the final text will be agreeable to both Dublin and London.
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These are the main gender differences you cite: women's on-average greater interest, compared with men, in people and lesser interest in things; their relatively greater tendency to "empathise" rather than "systematise", and to be agreeable rather than assertive; and their relatively higher anxiety and lower tolerance for stress.
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Girls are now unbelievably good students; they are yards ahead of boys; they are incredibly successful, they are 70% of the valedictorians -- and yet we also fully expect that they will be agreeable and helpful to the people around them, and they will also be adorable, if not kind of "hot" in their way.
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According to Edmar Mednis, it was "gentlemanly and the practical thing to do" . Korchnoi went on to unsuccessfully challenge Anatoly Karpov for the World Championship. Sometimes time constraints for one (or possibly both) player(s) to complete a game may be a factor in agreeing to a draw. A player with an advantageous position but limited time may be agreeable to a draw to avoid risking a loss from running out of time, and the opponent may also be agreeable to a draw due to his/her disadvantageous position.
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At heart she has always been one to try to be agreeable, and so she was just following the examples of the rest of the girls. Also, being the smallest, she was always afraid they were going to take advantage of her size. Now that they are all friends she is much happier.
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If the bishops end up on same color squares, a simple action, such as moving the a-side bishop one square toward the h-file, might be agreeable, since there is no question of preserving randomness. Once the bishops are on opposite-color squares, if the king is not between the rooks, it should trade places with the nearest rook.
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Goofman, p.110 Further, the Ottomans supported the Calvinists in Transylvania and Hungary but also in France.Goffman, p.111 The contemporary French thinker Jean Bodin wrote:Goffman p.111 Capitulations between Charles IX and Selim II. Henri de Valois was elected king of Poland in 1572, partly due to the desire of Polish nobles to be agreeable to the Ottoman Empire.
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Everyone knew that. Everyone also knew that a French pope would probably be rejected both by the followers of Gregory XII and those of Benedict XIII, and the Schism would continue. The French, therefore, had to find a candidate who would be agreeable to their faction and who would be embraced by the others as well. That person could not be a Frenchman.Valois, pp. 106-107.
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You have bought the wrath of the Creator in lieu of the pleasure of the creatures, while your place is hell." Then he turned towards Yazid and said: "Do you permit me to speak that which would be agreeable to Allah and would be a means of reward for those present?" Yazid refused, but the people said, "Permit him to ascend the pulpit. Perhaps we may hear something (worthwhile) from him.
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He came from either Paderborn or the nearby area, and received his first schooling in that city. As a young man he went to Italy, where he studied theology and canon law, becoming cleric of the papal court, and later an official of the papal exchequer. This was in 1384, under Urban VI, of whom he was always a loyal adherent. This position ceased to be agreeable after the Western Schism disturbed the Roman court.
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May whoever finds it in disrepair in the future, renew it and put my name on it. Whoever removes my name and puts his own on it, may Adad, the hero, be his judge. Statue of Hadad-yith'i, the governor of Guzana, Sikani, and Zarani. For the continuation of his throne and the lengthening of his region, so that his words will be agreeable to gods and men, he has made this statue better than before.
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During the 18th century, Bordeaux wine producers would often import wine from Spain, Rhone or the Languedoc to blend and stretch out their wine which they sold to the English as claret. While this practice would be frowned upon today by Bordeaux authorities, the French wine writer André Jullien noted that some merchants believed this practice was necessary in order for the claret to be agreeable with English tastes—a practice he describes as "travail à l'anglaise".
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The Han formed a coalition with the Wusun, Dingling, and Wuhuan, and the coalition forces inflicted a major defeat against the Xiongnu in 72 BCE.Yü (1986), 410–411. The Han regained its influence over the Turpan Depression after defeating the Xiongnu at the Battle of Jushi in 67 BCE. In 65 BCE Han was able to install a new King of Kucha (a state north of the Taklamakan Desert) who would be agreeable to Han interests in the region.
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The Insolvency process is initiated once a debtor contacts a Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP) or Approved Intermediary (AI) for a new arrangement. Once a debtor enters into an insolvency arrangement, 3 months protection from creditors is provided by the courts for finalizing a proposal for insolvency, with the help of PIP / AI that may be agreeable to both the borrower and the creditor. Furthermore, PIPs can be consulted without a final decision to undertake a procedure.
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II, No. 1. which set out the principles for the British government of the colony. In particular, the Royal Proclamation provided that all courts in Quebec were to decide "... all Causes, as well Criminal as Civil, according to Law and Equity, and as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England." This provision displaced the Paris customary law for all things civil and criminal. However, in 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act,Quebec Act, 1774, 14 George III, c.
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This will be agreeable when we know that in 1908, Gelemso was one of the few centers that the imperial government formally recognized as true towns.Mayor Berhanu Bekam's Speech on the inauguration of Gelemso public bus station, 1990, and new data obtained from Gelemso Municipality, December 2009, Gelemso, West Harerghe. The Municipality recounts this year 1908 as the birth date of a town. But the elders do not agree with that, neither the writer of this article (Alladin Alevi) too.
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The name was inspired by Henry Richard, a family friend and the brother of P.C. Richard of P.C. Richard & Son. This name translates to Enrique Ricardo. Ricky often appeared at, and later owned, the Tropicana Club, which under his ownership he renamed Club Babalu. Initially, the idea of having Ball and the distinctly Latin American Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were told that Desi's Cuban accent and Latin style would not be agreeable to American viewers.
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The Cardinal never said anything about this except that when he had interpreted the Pope's first sentence the Czar said: "It will be agreeable to me, if your Eminence will act as my interpreter, also." After the conference Cardinal Acton, by request of the Pope, wrote out a minute account of it; but he never permitted it to be seen. The King of Naples urged him earnestly to become Archbishop of Naples, but he inexorably refused. His charities were unbounded.
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El Abbar indicated to the journalists that the complex would be "agreeable for all those which will want to combine tourism and well- being or tourism and relaxation". The complex will include a university, a research center and a medical centre. It should also include a hospital complex, a care centre, a hotel zone, an urban centre and a thermal spa with villas and apartments. The university will include a medical school and a school for care male nurses which will be able to accommodate 500 students.
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Also from the nineteenth century, the Henry Beveridge (1845) translation, Institutes, III, 7: > We are not our own; therefore, neither is our own reason or will to rule our > acts and counsels. We are not our own; therefore, let us not make it our end > to seek what may be agreeable to our carnal nature. We are not our own; > therefore, as far as possible, let us forget ourselves and the things that > are ours. On the other hand, we are God’s; let us, therefore, live and die > to him.
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Robert reiterates to her that even though his underhand tactics against Chrissie may not be agreeable, all he really wants is to get Andy home. Rebecca meets Robert at the pub and blackmails him into breaking Lachlan out of prison, saying she'll tell Aaron about their recent kiss if he doesn't comply. They arrive at court where Rebecca sets off the alarm, causing the building to be evacuated but before Robert can get to Lachlan. Robert gets a call from Aaron, bringing him to his senses, he decides to abandon the plan.
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Communal orientation referred to the tendency to be agreeable and attentive to others; this trait was associated with having a committed relationship, seeking partners who are trustworthy, and meeting personal intimacy goals. Agency was characterized by confidence in social settings and having a primary focus on oneself rather than others. Individuals high in agency often displayed low risk behaviors during sex because of their ability to engage in discussion with their partner, yet also displayed greater inclination to consume alcohol. Negative emotionality led individuals to take more risks with the intention of alleviating their emotions.
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He was replaced in Saint Christophe in 1638 by René de Béthoulat, seigneur de la Grange- Fromenteau. Cardinal Richelieu had begun to take great interest in the islands, wanted to place them under a general whose birth, courage and views would be agreeable to the cardinal. He selected Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy, whom King Louis XIII of France appointed as governor and lieutenant general of the American islands. Poincy was named governor general of the American islands and mainland (Gouverneur général des Isles et Terre Ferme de l'Amérique) on 25 February 1638.
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Volin was a prolific writer and anarchist intellectual who played an important part in the organization and leadership of Nabat. He was one of the founders of Nabat along with being an editor of the newspaper that was published by the organization. Volin was considered to be a guiding spirit of the entire movement, and he was perpetually organizing, philosophizing, and publishing on behalf of the central body of Nabat in Kharkiv. Volin was charged with writing a platform that could be agreeable to all the major branches of anarchism, most importantly anarcho-syndicalism, anarcho-collectivism/communism, and anarcho- individualism.
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Thus the Lithuanian Brethren (Jednota Litewska) came into being. In 1556 John a Lasco (Jan Łaski) returned from Western Europe to help with the organisation of the Polish Reformed church. Seeing that the new king Sigismund II Augustus was sympathetic to the Reformed cause, he tried to write a Confession that would be agreeable not only to all the three Reformed churches but to the Lutherans as well. Unfortunately, exhausted from overwork, he died in 1560, having achieved only the consolidation of the Lesser Reformed Brethren, which shortly afterwards was weakened by the split of the Unitarians (1563).
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Hogg worked as a physician in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. At a time when female physicians were uncommen, Hogg frequently encountered resistance and prejudice in the workplace which frustrated her career. In 1901 she was appointed assistant master at the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, Dublin but resigned in June of that year due to frustration with the behaviour of superior staff toward her and pressure to be ‘agreeable’. By 1904, Hogg was back in Sydney working in private practice, and as an honorary demonstrator in anatomy alongside Mary Booth at the University of Sydney.
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The Good Life is the story of a middle class American couple, the Millers (Hagman and Mills), who have tired of their mundane existence. Instead of following the time-honored premise of "hitting the road" to seek adventure or engaging in a stereotypical period activity such as joining a communal farm, they decide to seek new employment as the live-in butler and cook of a millionaire industrialist, Charles Dutton. He notices that they are not particularly talented at their jobs, but finds them to be agreeable enough. Their limited skills most definitely are not enough for his stuffy sister Grace, however, and she constantly works to get them fired.
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The group moves on - but their horses are killed what appears to be a mad beggar but is a thief who wishes to rob them. They later fall afoul of Indians who were thought to be 'friendly' and would be agreeable to selling horses to the Hellbenders. The chief demands that Jeff (who raped and murdered his daughter with a bayonet when he should have been buying horses) be handed over to him. Ben denounces his family's fanaticism and offers the Indians all the money in the coffin, only to be caught in the crossfire between his arguing brothers, who shoot each other over the money; satisfied, the Indians ride away.
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Volin was a prolific writer and anarchist intellectual who played an important part in the organization and leadership of Nabat. The Nabat Confederation of Anarchist Organizations, better known simply as Nabat (Набат), was an anarchist organization that came to prominence in Ukraine during the years 1918 to 1920. The area where it held the most influence is sometimes referred to as the Free Territory, though Nabat had branches in all of the major cities in southern Ukraine. Volin was charged with writing a platform for Nabat that could be agreeable to all the major branches of anarchism, most importantly anarcho-syndicalism, anarcho-collectivism/communism and anarcho-individualism.
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Halifax's official life defended Barton against accusations that she might have been sexually involved with him, stating: > as this Lady was young, beautiful and gay, so those that were given to > censure, pass'd a Judgment upon her which she no Ways merited, since she was > a Woman of strict Honour and Virtue; and tho' she might be agreeable to his > Lordship in every Particular, that noble Peer's Complaisance to her, > proceeded wholly from the great Esteem he had for her Wit and most exquisite > Understanding. Based on the generosity of the bequest, astronomer John Flamsteed wrote, apparently sarcastically and spitefully, that Barton must have "excellent conversation".
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Volin was a prolific writer and anarchist intellectual who played an important part in the organization and leadership of Nabat. The Nabat Confederation of Anarchist Organizations, better known simply as Nabat (Набат), was an anarchist organization that came to prominence in Ukraine during the years 1918 to 1920. The area where it held the most influence is sometimes referred to as the Free Territory, though Nabat had branches in all of the major cities in southern Ukraine. Volin was charged with writing a platform for Nabat that could be agreeable to all the major branches of anarchism, most importantly anarcho- syndicalism, anarcho-collectivism, anarcho-communism, and anarcho- individualism.
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Part One of the Autobiography is addressed to Franklin's son William, at that time (1771) Royal Governor of New Jersey. While in England at the estate of the Bishop of St Asaph in Twyford, Franklin, now 65 years old, begins by saying that it may be agreeable to his son to know some of the incidents of his father's life; so with a week's uninterrupted leisure, he is beginning to write them down for William. He starts with some anecdotes of his grandfather, uncles, father and mother. He deals with his childhood, fondness for reading, and service as an apprentice to his brother James Franklin, a Boston printer and publisher of the New- England Courant.
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Passive-aggressive behavior from workers and managers is damaging to team unity and productivity. In the ad for Warner's online ebook, it says: "The worst case of passive- aggressive behavior involves destructive attitudes such as negativity, sullenness, resentment, procrastination, 'forgetting' to do something, chronic lateness, and intentional inefficiency." If this behavior is ignored it could result in decreased office efficiency and frustration among workers.. If managers are passive-aggressive in their behavior, it can end up stifling team creativity. De Angelis says, "It would actually make perfect sense that those promoted to leadership positions might often be those who on the surface appear to be agreeable, diplomatic and supportive, yet who are actually dishonest, backstabbing saboteurs behind the scenes.".
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This is a distinct problem for self-report research because it does not allow a researcher to understand or gather accurate data from any type of question that asks for a participant to endorse or reject statements. Researchers have approached this issue by thinking about the bias in two different ways. The first deals with the idea that participants are trying to be agreeable, in order to avoid the disapproval of the researcher. A second cause for this type of bias was proposed by Lee Cronbach, when he argued that it is likely due to a problem in the cognitive processes of the participant, instead of the motivation to please the researcher.
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In December 2006, asked if the U.S. would send more troops to Afghanistan, McCain said, "The British have said that they will be sending additional troops, taking troops out of Iraq and into Afghanistan. If it's necessary, we will, and I'm sure we would be agreeable, but the focus here is more on training the Afghan National Army and the police, as opposed to the increased U.S. troop presence.""U.S. Sen. John McCain says more U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan, if needed", Associated Press, December 16, 2006 In July 2008, McCain said that reducing U.S. forces in Iraq would free up troops for Afghanistan, where "at least" three additional brigades, or about 15,000 troops, must be sent.
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Towards her "weak perfectionist" liberalism, Levinson requires three traits of a liberal society: (1) an agreeable, transparent, and equally accessible "legitimation process" for government, (2) pluralism, and (3) "substantive liberal institutions" such as "individual liberties and ... governmental duties". She pairs this view of liberalism with thick autonomy as "the only defensible interpretation of liberalism". Levinson develops an idea of autonomy that would be agreeable to most citizens while sufficient to guarantee liberalism's "substantive liberal institutions", and defines it as "higher-order preference formation" that minds one's personal values while allowing for openness to criticism and a developed personality. She argues that capacity for autonomy is a right to children, that the state is obligated to facilitate it, and that children are obligated to receive it.
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In a 2014 poll, 59% of Republicans favored doing less abroad and focusing on the country's own problems instead.See "July 3, 2014 – Iraq – Getting In Was Wrong; Getting Out Was Right, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll" Quinnipiac University Poll item #51 According to the 2016 platform, the party's stance on the status of Taiwan is: "We oppose any unilateral steps by either side to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Straits on the principle that all issues regarding the island's future must be resolved peacefully, through dialogue, and be agreeable to the people of Taiwan". In addition, if "China were to violate those principles, the United States, in accord with the Taiwan Relations Act, will help Taiwan defend itself".
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A passage in the Atharvaveda suggests that parents usually left the daughter free in selection of her lover and directly encouraged her in being forward in love-affairs. The mother of the girl thought of the time when the daughter's developed youth (Pativedanam, post-puberty), that she would win a husband for herself, it was a smooth and happy sort of affair with nothing scandalous and unnatural about it.Hindu Saṁskāras: Socio-religious Study of the Hindu Sacraments, Rajbali Pandey (1969), see Chapter VIII, , pages 162 The translated version of the Atharvaveda (Strikaratâni, ii.36) passage is: > May (Oh Agni!) a suitor after our own heart come to us; may he come to this > maiden with fortune; May she be agreeable to suitors, :charming at > festivals, :promptly obtain happiness through a husband.
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Alexander recommended the book for "all public educators" for its thoughts on the role of school privatization, homeschooling, and voucher programs. Writing for Studies in Philosophy and Education, Doret de Ruyter approved of Levinson's emphasis on autonomy and concurred that Levinson's definition of autonomy would be agreeable to citizens of Western liberal countries. De Ruyter was unsure about edge cases of autonomy, such as whether being closed-minded to the prospect of a pierced belly button would make her a less autonomous person in Levinson's view. She also disagreed with Levinson's position of parental "privilege" (rather than right) over their children, and invoked Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld to argue that parents instead have the opposite of a privilege, a "duty", to their children's interests and require the liberty to fulfill it, including through education.
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As described in a film magazine, following her marriage to Steven De Koven (McGrail), Muriel Chester (Barriscale) discovers his indifference towards her and the fact that she was bargained to him for social position by her ambitious parents. Unaware that he had refused a proffered financial settlement at the same time, she repulses his attempts to be agreeable and lives in independence of his companionship. He seeks to console himself with Tina Pierce (Barriscale), a young woman of the slums, and establishes her in luxury to find that he cannot, after all, be interested only in the wife for whom he realizes a belated affection. Despaired of untangling their problematic existence, he decides to go abroad, only to be deterred by the forgiving and understanding wife, whom Tina had made clear the situation between them.
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There, in discussions with George C. McGhee, Mossadegh surprisingly agreed to a complex settlement, under which Iran would own the refinery in Kermanshah and administer the oilfields, and the much larger Abadan Refinery would be sold to a non-British company. The money from that sale would go to the AIOC as compensation. Furthermore, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) would sell a minimum of 30 million tons of crude oil annually to the AIOC for the next fifteen years, its board would consist of three Iranians and four non-Iranians, and the transactions of the NIOC would mostly remain in sterling. Mossadegh prolonged his visit on Washington's urging because the US administration believed that the incoming Conservative government of Winston Churchill would be agreeable to that deal.
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Song Yi was commissioned to lead an army to reinforce the Zhao kingdom, which was under attack by Qin. In 207 BC, the army reached Anyang (安陽; southeast of present-day Cao County, Heze, Shandong) and Song Yi ordered them to halt and wait for 46 days without making further movement. As the Zhao capital Handan was under siege by Qin forces, Xiang Yu advised an immediate crossing of the Yellow River to attack the Qin army, but Song Yi ignored him, preferring to move when Zhao and Qin were exhausted from fighting each other. Song Yi then gave an order that any man who was "fierce as a tiger, recalcitrant as a ram, greedy as a wolf, so headstrong they will not submit to orders" should be decapitated, hinting that the assassination of Xiang Yu would be agreeable to him.
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Appeal was > therefore made to the Government of the United States; and under the > arrangement then arrived at the United States insisted, in substance if not > in form, that, though our allies were to spend the money, it was only on our > security that they were prepared to lend it. This co-operative effort was of > infinite value to the common cause, but it cannot be said that the role > assigned in it to this country was one of special privilege or > advantage.Dugdale, p. 258. He then warned of the consequences of international indebtedness: > To generous minds it can never be agreeable, although, for reasons of State, > it may perhaps be necessary, to regard the monetary aspect of this great > event as a thing apart, to be torn from its historical setting and treated > as no more than an ordinary commercial dealing between traders who borrow > and capitalists who lend.
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Bernard Dukore notes that he was successful as a dramatist in America ten years before achieving comparable success in Britain. Among many American writers professing a direct debt to Shaw, Eugene O'Neill became an admirer at the age of seventeen, after reading The Quintessence of Ibsenism. Other Shaw-influenced American playwrights mentioned by Dukore are Elmer Rice, for whom Shaw "opened doors, turned on lights, and expanded horizons"; William Saroyan, who empathised with Shaw as "the embattled individualist against the philistines"; and S. N. Behrman, who was inspired to write for the theatre after attending a performance of Caesar and Cleopatra: "I thought it would be agreeable to write plays like that". Assessing Shaw's reputation in a 1976 critical study, T. F. Evans described Shaw as unchallenged in his lifetime and since as the leading English-language dramatist of the (twentieth) century, and as a master of prose style.
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According to the mythology of the Wintum tribe, Olelbis desired that the members of the human race should live together as brothers and sisters; that there should be no birth and no death, that life should be agreeable and easy, and the purpose of life should be to rejoining Olelbis in heaven and live with him for all eternity. To satisfy the hunger of the human body, Olelbis created a species of nut which has no shell and falls off the tree when it is ripe (this species of nut or fruit is still a staple item of the Wintum's diet). Olelbis ordered two brothers to build a paved road from earth to heaven to facilitate the tribe's reunion with their Creator. But Sedit appeared on the scene and persuaded one of the brothers that it would be better to engage in sexual intercourse and procreate the human species.
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During an NSW Legislative Assembly Select Report on the "Murders by the Aborigines on the Dawson River", when asked for the cause, Forster stated "I should say murders of that kind must always be expected on the frontier of a Colony like this, more or less. The great number of murders committed recently may be owing to peculiar causes; but that murders must occur in taking up new country, by collisions between the whites and the aborigines, is a necessity almost of that sort of colonization." In 1848, the colonial Government of New South Wales attempted to reduce the violence of the Aboriginal population by organising a paramilitary Native Police force to subdue them, Forster was strongly and publicly critical of its methods and its commandant, Walker. In particular, Forster was against allowing Aboriginals that have committed murders to stay on the property as workers, stating that "Is it to be supposed that the admission of known murderers to a station can be agreeable to those resident upon it".
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Edward Easton agreed with Marten that the restrictions on consumption in Manchester were not too stringent and was astonished at Bateman's claim that there were no further suitable reservoir sites in Longdendale; in one weekend he had identified four or five suitable sites. After Longdendale there were other possible sites, amongst many others those on the headwaters of the Derbyshire Derwentevidence of Mr C Easton Thomas Fenwick gave evidence on the practicality of using reservoirs on the Derwent, but had to admit that he did so on the basis of the work of one weekend visit to the area, that the Derwent catchment area did not naturally belong to Manchester, and that the Derwent flowed past Chatsworth so any interference with its natural flow would have to be agreeable to the Duke of Devonshire. The Derwent valley was almost as beautiful as the lakes, but lacked a lake; its beauty would be improved by a reservoir. Aqueducts (like one he had built for Dewsbury) were scarcely visible once built, and much more care was now taken in the construction of dams; dam failure was a thing of the past.
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