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Ostensibly, she's talking about tax preparation itself, preparing for the preparer, dealing with correspondence from the IRS, and numerous other odius activities that waste a whole lot of time.
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And to think that this deeply odius man actually had the temerity to presume to write a book about "Courage".
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The idea that a Hamas "endorsement" should be taken seriously is odius and unworthy of a person of McCain's stature.
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Hey, Dem BillC, how does it feel to ascribe to a political philosophy so odius that you need to sell your position by lying and pretending to be a member of the other side?
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What an odius policy from an such a malodious woman.
Shaping Harriet Harman's Radical Realism to Face the Challenges of the Future...Blah...Blah 2007
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Does anyone have any doubt that chimperor will use his odius “signing statements” dictator defects if you ask me and ignore any law congress might be inclined to fence him in with?
Think Progress » BREAKING: McCain Reaches Agreement With Bush On Military Tribunals 2006
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As I imagined, therefore, that the fellow must have inserted this of his own head, or from hearsay, I persuaded myself he might have ventured likewise on that odius line on no better authority.
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"It is morally indefensible, it is morally unconscionable, it is repugnant, odius, offensive and ugly that the West is prepared to spend upwards of 40 billion dollars to fight war in the Balkans, and then to engage in the economic restoration of Kosovo, and less than one percent of that to save the lives of tens of millions of children, women and men in Africa," Lewis said.
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Democratic South Africa, notwithstanding its own financial constraints, had shown rich countries the way by cancelling the odius debts to Namibia incurred under apartheid South African occupation.
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"We call upon the rich countries to follow the example of the new South African government to write off the odius loans given to dictators who have enriched themselves at the expense of their people."
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