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Even more apalling is this article in the Boston Globe, Sept. 29, 2006 on Bob Woodward's analysis of the Bush administration's systematic denial of the level of violence in Iraq.
Bush Administration and Iraq War: A History of Lies and Deceit 2006
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Leavin aside the merits of the argument which Professor Volokh aptly describes as apalling, does this Archbishop bozo actually think that he is going to convince people of the correctness of the church’s position in opposing civil unions by praising Islam’s repression of homosexual behavior by death?
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Am I the only one who sees the irony of your post about "apalling" illiteracy rates?
CNN.com 2011
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Like you mentioned, sexual imagery in Japan is a tad less apalling because, even when it's explicit, it's at least interpreted as a step removed.
This Is Why I Shouldn't Drink SVGL 2009
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Yeltsin appeared genuinely shocked by the apalling state of his military and the incompetent planning.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Having to support Obama's most recent arrogant insane decision to bring the 9/11 Terrorists to NYC for a massive circus that will allow them to spit on the graves of their murder victimes must be incredibly apalling to her!
Clinton: No truth to rumor she is considering New York gov run 2009
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I understand the desire to get the radical conservative vote, but her lack of knowledge and just general idiocracy is apalling.
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Yeltsin appeared genuinely shocked by the apalling state of his military and the incompetent planning.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The current lack of civility in debating issues is apalling.
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Yeltsin appeared genuinely shocked by the apalling state of his military and the incompetent planning.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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