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And by the way, just as these politicians flattered, overlooked, and cosseted Murdoch in desperate pursuit and defense of their own self-interest -- the way schoolyard victims are obsequiously and tail-waggingly respectful to schoolyard bullies -- so too did both the Labor and Conservative parties coddle the indigenous Murdochs of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.
Adam Hanft: Murdoch's Arab Summer; We Always Knew, Now We Know Adam Hanft 2011
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And by the way, just as these politicians flattered, overlooked, and cosseted Murdoch in desperate pursuit and defense of their own self-interest -- the way schoolyard victims are obsequiously and tail-waggingly respectful to schoolyard bullies -- so too did both the Labor and Conservative parties coddle the indigenous Murdochs of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.
Adam Hanft: Murdoch's Arab Summer; We Always Knew, Now We Know Adam Hanft 2011
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Blogging Tory Jabba the Roy knows how to deal with that pesky deficit emphasis tail-waggingly added:
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But then the weirdness begins emphasis tail-waggingly added: "There's been death threats on me ... it's just been awful, absolutely awful," Ms. Holmes said in an interview yesterday, breaking down several times in tears.
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It's embarrassing when you can blow holes in someone's arguments using their own words emphasis tail-waggingly added:
Although actually reading it would make for a better argument. CC 2009
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To no one's surprise, Twatsy Mullethead stops by and makes an ass of himself all emphasis tail-waggingly added:
Ah, the Twatsiness of it all. CC 2009
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Apparently, the RCMP possibly might have hindered in some non-specific way the potentially questionable activities of allegedly bad people who perhaps were considering doing us something remotely resembling harm emphasis tail-waggingly added:
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The unintentional hilarity emphasis tail-waggingly added:
Ah, the Adrian-flavoured irony. CC 2009
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You're forgetting the middle part emphasis tail-waggingly added:
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Oh, look ... reality emphasis tail-waggingly added:
Just because it bears repeating. CC 2009
hernesheir commented on the word tail-waggingly
Candace Bradshaw was as cute as a puppy and just as tail-waggingly eager to please the men who had put her in office and who now profited from the five-to-two decisions the board usually made under her chairmanship. --Margaret Maron, Death's Half Acre. New York, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group USA. First eBook Edition, August 2008.
April 27, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word tail-waggingly
Ooh, this is perfect for one of my lists...
April 27, 2011