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  • Titled know-nothings who wanted to puff up their own sense of self-importance ….

    LADY of SKYE PATRICIA CABOT 2001

  • Those who opposed him were denounced as superstitious know-nothings, Dark Ages hypocrites and philosophical cowards.

    Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83 2011

  • All it takes is ONE teacher to join forces with parents to stop the abuse of the educational system in New York City and the rest of the country by politicians and know-nothings.

    Peter Zucker: All It Takes Is ONE Peter Zucker 2011

  • All it takes is ONE teacher to join forces with parents to stop the abuse of the educational system in New York City and the rest of the country by politicians and know-nothings.

    Peter Zucker: All It Takes Is ONE Peter Zucker 2011

  • The teachers were all fired of course, because they had taught the old "U.S." way, and were replaced by know-nothings who did know which way the political wind blew.

    Peter Van Buren: Why Doesn't Reconstruction Work? Peter Van Buren 2011

  • And, yes, there are rallies in many streets by faux Colonials, whose participants are inspired by the know-nothings of the world, the Glenn Becks and the Sarah Palins - and nourished by the big money of giant corporations, the newest ventriloquists for "small business."

    William Fisher: The Fall and Rise of a Lovely Day William Fisher 2010

  • No longer; not now; not until is sheds the hang-mongers, the bad-mouthers, and the know-nothings ... ala Limbaugh and company.

    Poll: Palin decision doesn't change minds 2009

  • Those who opposed him were denounced as superstitious know-nothings, Dark Ages hypocrites and philosophical cowards.

    Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83 2011

  • And, yes, there are rallies in many streets by faux Colonials, whose participants are inspired by the know-nothings of the world, the Glenn Becks and the Sarah Palins - and nourished by the big money of giant corporations, the newest ventriloquists for "small business."

    William Fisher: The Fall and Rise of a Lovely Day William Fisher 2010

  • The teachers were all fired of course, because they had taught the old "U.S." way, and were replaced by know-nothings who did know which way the political wind blew.

    Peter Van Buren: Why Doesn't Reconstruction Work? Peter Van Buren 2011

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