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Beyond that, there is D'Souza's loose grasp on factual reality, which, naturally, Steve Forbes -- along with everyone else who is benefitting from the ivory-tower gloss D'Souza is whitewashing their own bigotry with -- is willing to let slip.
Dinesh D'Souza Docks In America's Safest Harbor For Lackwits [UPDATE] The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Beyond that, there is D'Souza's loose grasp on factual reality, which, naturally, Steve Forbes -- along with everyone else who is benefitting from the ivory-tower gloss D'Souza is whitewashing their own bigotry with -- is willing to let slip.
Dinesh D'Souza Docks In America's Safest Harbor For Lackwits [UPDATE] The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Yet it doesn't take an ivory-tower scold to object to Deadspin's checkbook journalism.
Howard Kurtz finds there are news nuggets in the tough, often tacky blog world Howard Kurtz 2010
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Beyond that, there is D'Souza's loose grasp on factual reality, which, naturally, Steve Forbes -- along with everyone else who is benefitting from the ivory-tower gloss D'Souza is whitewashing their own bigotry with -- is willing to let slip.
Dinesh D'Souza Docks In America's Safest Harbor For Lackwits [UPDATE] Jason Linkins 2010
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It doesn't really matter when the actual peak arrives; we can leave that to the ivory-tower types and those with a bent for analytical precision.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Prediction: Things Will Unravel Faster Than You Think Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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Now ivory-tower intellectuals and symbolists proudly display their "magical seeds" of sustainism.
Michael DeJong: The Human Stain on "Sustainism" Michael DeJong 2011
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This certainly makes for interesting reading for those who wish to know how the game is played, as this is no armchair ivory-tower historian talking.
Ian Fletcher: Whitewashing Red China: A Review of Henry Kissinger's On China Ian Fletcher 2011
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So Bush/Cheney would be allowed to air the successes of their aggressive interrogation techniques; you won't get to try them in the ivory-tower vacuum that you imagine.
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This certainly makes for interesting reading for those who wish to know how the game is played, as this is no armchair ivory-tower historian talking.
Ian Fletcher: Whitewashing Red China: A Review of Henry Kissinger's On China Ian Fletcher 2011
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It doesn't really matter when the actual peak arrives; we can leave that to the ivory-tower types and those with a bent for analytical precision.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Prediction: Things Will Unravel Faster Than You Think Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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