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In Birds and Beasts, Douglas compiles a witty assemblage of myths, anecdotes, literary asides and the occasional recipe, such as one for an appetizing ragout of wild boar served [with] a single non-assertive vegetable, an account that echoes his close friendship with food writer Elizabeth David.
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In Birds and Beasts, Douglas compiles a witty assemblage of myths, anecdotes, literary asides and the occasional recipe, such as one for an appetizing ragout of wild boar served [with] a single non-assertive vegetable, an account that echoes his close friendship with food writer Elizabeth David.
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Mama, on the other hand, was a non-assuming, non-assertive woman, but, on this day, she openly disagreed with the good doctor.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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Fiction is “hyper-assertive rather than non-assertive,” he said, able to make “stronger, more universalizable” claims than reliably “factual” discourses like history and philosophy.1
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Mama, on the other hand, was a non-assuming, non-assertive woman, but, on this day, she openly disagreed with the good doctor.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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In a gentle and non-assertive way without any harassing motivations at all.
Helmet Hair Don Lewis 2008
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``Any'' occurs in non-assertive contexts, like negatives and conditionals.
What if Hillary Clinton had to apologize for Bill? Ann Althouse 2008
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This was a new kind of good news indeed, a way of thinking and speaking about the world was, well, non-assertive.
Going With The Grain Bruce Schauble 2006
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This was a new kind of good news indeed, a way of thinking and speaking about the world was, well, non-assertive.
Archive 2006-12-01 Bruce Schauble 2006
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One day I came across Stafford's book Allegiances and was at once taken with the way in which his quiet, non-assertive, meditative poems seemed to gather resonance as they moved forward.
Toeing the Line Bruce Schauble 2006
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