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Ashley, a matter requiring your trademark subtelty and finesse ...
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Ashley, a matter requiring your trademark subtelty and finesse ...
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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More "Middle Kingdom" diplomatic subtelty for sure, but the message was just the same -- don't expect China to turn the economic screws on Ahmadinejad's nuclear aspirations.
Russia "Nyet!" and China "Bu Shi!" to Tougher Iran Sanctions 2010
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More "Middle Kingdom" diplomatic subtelty for sure, but the message was just the same -- don't expect China to turn the economic screws on Ahmadinejad's nuclear aspirations.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Russia "Nyet!" and China "Bu Shi!" to Tougher Iran Sanctions Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2010
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More "Middle Kingdom" diplomatic subtelty for sure, but the message was just the same -- don't expect China to turn the economic screws on Ahmadinejad's nuclear aspirations.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Russia "Nyet!" and China "Bu Shi!" to Tougher Iran Sanctions 2010
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More "Middle Kingdom" diplomatic subtelty for sure, but the message was just the same -- don't expect China to turn the economic screws on Ahmadinejad's nuclear aspirations.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Russia "Nyet!" and China "Bu Shi!" to Tougher Iran Sanctions 2009
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He was brilliant in it, playing the role with subtelty and humanism when it could so easily have been a toxic propaganda type performance.
Matthew Macfadyen cast as The Sheriff of Nottingham | Obsessed With Film 2009
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I think subtelty eludes them, and I hate stilleto heels.
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And doesn't the tradition of taking on names that denote some aspect of your character fly in the face of Sith ideals of subtelty and cunning?
The Tao Of Sith 2005
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Even if we accept Matt's position that the Iraq allegory works much better than a Palestine allegory, you're still right when you say the show is displaying all the subtelty of a sledgehammer.
In Which Your Host Gets Angry and Other "Occupation"/"Precipice" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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