The people who did not vote at the general election last year are not apathetic. |
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They showed that far from being apathetic, they are principled, dynamic and determined to make a difference. |
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The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism. |
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To get apathetic consumers to start buying green products, our survey finds that impressing a brand image works best. |
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Well, the thing was that I was busy Saturday, tired out Sunday, and feeling apathetic Monday. |
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The child is apathetic and does not cry often, unlike the anxious marasmic child. |
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The American masses are perceived as apathetic sluggards, whose votes would be better exercised by enlightened foreign observers. |
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At first glance, Shannon looks apathetic but an emotion that could be taken for concern flickers in her eyes. |
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Reason is easily overcome by emotion, but emotion can be apathetic or energetic. |
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I live in an historically apathetic precinct, so I was surprised to see so many people there at such an ungodly hour. |
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Matthews says his college tour is meant to stir young people who may be apathetic toward politics. |
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I spent too much time just coasting and doing nothing and being really apathetic and indifferent. |
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By the use of that euphemism it is assumed you seek to address those lukewarm, apathetic or lapsed individuals who think as you do. |
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How does an apathetic agnostic even begin to redress a quarter-century of token gestures and guest appearances at church? |
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More research in America has now suggested it could also affect mental health, leaving dieters feeling grumpy, tired, apathetic and restless. |
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When we lose touch with our authentic desire, we become listless and apathetic. |
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It is therefore unsurprising that the political system itself has become stultified and its population disengaged and apathetic. |
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Appallingly low turnout for the June elections showed that voters are apathetic. |
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Demoralising idleness and the humiliation of charity or relief work left the unemployed dispirited, apathetic, or divided. |
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When Rhi moved in I was very ill, depressed out of my skull, afraid of the world and generally an apathetic blob. |
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I'm not one of those apathetic stay-at-home voters that the Labour Party is so worried about, I promise you. |
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When I first bought the game I was apathetic about whether it would be everything it could be cracked up to be. |
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But quite a few of the others come across as frivolous, apathetic, foolish or all of the above. |
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Connor had managed, at some point in his apathetic trudge across town, to get himself in front of a bar and order several large whiskeys. |
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As consumers, we have the power to refuse pop music that lulls us into numb, apathetic sleep. |
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Like a reformed smoker, he is the more zealous because until recently he was the archetypal apathetic customer. |
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She began to search for a way out, but she soon found herself apathetic toward her own death. |
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It was an elite, skillfully and ruthlessly controlling demoralized and apathetic masses. |
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He did not want to see her in all her arrogant joy, and all her hateful apathetic moments. |
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Or is it just that we have become overly apathetic and that doing anything about all it just seems too hard? |
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Furthermore, filling up on fatty foods like bacon or cheese makes you tired, lethargic and apathetic. |
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It is the media-programmed subconscious mind that poisons people into apathetic paralysis. |
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At least the fact that I'm quite stupid means I have an apathetic embracement of failure that is unlikely to ever lead me to self-harm. |
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So come on you apathetic lot, let's hear your feeble excuses for staying away. |
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The Fulford campaign proves that a community threatened is anything but apathetic. |
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The tigers paced desperately and the gorillas and chimps seemed listless and apathetic. |
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The shareholders had also been shown to be apathetic in protecting their interests. |
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And yet, for some reason, we're largely aimless, apathetic, and narcissistic. |
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The public are wising up because if recent past elections are anything to go by apathetic turn outs just keep getting worse. |
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At a time when apathetic youngsters are the hot topic of political debate, he is the exception that proves the rule. |
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Are we Canadians fully forgetful, merely forgiving, mostly stupid, or unapologetically apathetic? |
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At this meeting I was told that council's allocation of priorities is heavily influenced by the apathetic and laissez-faire local attitudes. |
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The task at next year's Scottish elections is not only to win a majority but to arouse the enthusiasm of a generally apathetic public. |
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She's reluctant to suggest that women are staying away from the polling booths because they're merely apathetic. |
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And to remain apathetic in the face of such unnecessary suffering renders us all culpable. |
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While students in the 1960s were famed for their radicalism, students of today are labelled as apathetic. |
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He has invigorated an apathetic fan base and developed a cult following among a student body that rarely showed its face in previous years. |
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Have they inspired and mobilised people who were previously apathetic about the plight of refugees? |
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Despite her uncaring appearance, apathetic tone, and collected posture, I could see the real change in her. |
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I found my players were paceless, apathetic and not really up for the challenge. |
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Zaiko Langa Langa then sought to energise the apathetic rumba then in vogue. |
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And maybe everything has added up to make a big old apathetic slug. |
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Let not the apathetic or half-hearted imagine, however, that We agree with them when We reprove the erring and restrain the overbold. |
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That belief made him somewhat apathetic about politics and the environment, he said. |
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If we cannot do that, we must not be too surprised if the citizens of Europe are rather apathetic about it. |
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This most often happens when people are resistant to, or apathetic about, the working and moving of the Holy Spirit. |
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The leaders of all political parties have been trying to encourage people to get on the roll especially the young, who tend to be apathetic. |
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With discourse becoming increasingly polarized, it becomes ever harder — and less excusable — for citizens to be apathetic toward politics. |
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The campus, known to be apathetic by most standards, has been completely turned on its head. |
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A person may appear uninterested and apathetic, and may quickly lose interest in the hobbies they previously enjoyed. |
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During her last pregnancy in January 2007 she all of a sudden got ill, pithless, apathetic and refused to eat. |
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They may be excessively active with a short attention span or they may be indifferent, apathetic or absent-minded. |
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Might not his non-voting be perceived as apathetic, asked the venerable beardy one. |
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I don't think people are as apathetic as they seem, but it's hard to tell. |
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Her friend seemed so apathetic and listless she wanted to shake her. |
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Indifferent, apathetic, she has no reason to think her life will improve. |
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The adults must be prevented from getting bored, depressed and apathetic. |
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Sophisticated scammers used official lists to spot and then impersonate registered but apathetic voters. |
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Certainly, this apathetic behaviour can be explained in part by disappointment with a government that many feel has not lived up to its rousing promises of four years ago. |
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Our biggest concern is that people just get tired of hearing it or get apathetic. |
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Imogene was apathetic, awkwardly holding the baby as if she was not quite sure what to do with him. |
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If you are a strong doer then thewatcherstudent may seem distant, timid, apathetic or lazy. |
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Alexei refuses and in the final count his brother, an apathetic hypocrite, accepts the marriage. |
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The child withdraws completely, is expressionless, apathetic and irresponsive to outside influences. |
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They may become easily confused, have trouble concentrating, and feel listless and apathetic, preferring to spend most of their days alone. |
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In the run-up to the general election, young people were branded the politically apathetic generation by the media. |
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After all, we might be apathetic and lazy, but at least this campaign will be over in three and a bit weeks. |
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The crisis in a society that is losing its reference points and values is causing many young people to adopt apathetic or violent attitudes. |
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The Bloc motion seeks to raise the awareness of this totally apathetic Conservative government, to wake it up. |
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Driven out of their homes by sea erosion and natural calamities, fishermen of coastal Kerala find themselves at the mercy of apathetic rulers. |
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No wonder Canadians are apathetic to politics when they see the government in action. |
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The most common response was that they were not interested, didn't care, or were apathetic. |
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It does not mean that we are passive, apathetic or negligent in what we do, but rather that we have trust in life's processes. |
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When it comes to this area, today's youth are often described as apolitical, if not apathetic. |
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The question is: will we all go down together in apathetic solidarity, or will we opt for dynamism, innovation and progress? |
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In fact, policemen are generally apathetic and sometimes even encouraging and rarely severe. |
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Gen Xers were considered unmotivated, apathetic and cynical. |
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Pitre is right, combat is about screw-ups, bad officers, apathetic contractors, regret, unfairness, and impossible missions. |
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Not until a second officer was summoned was she dragged from the train as a crowd of apathetic spectators looked on. |
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Revolution 2.0 narrates a fascinating but narrow slice of the process through which apathetic and passive people are politicized. |
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Traditionally worn by sixth-graders and jocks and those who lounge aggressively, the draw-stringed trouser is defiantly apathetic. |
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Customer awareness is growing in part because the average buyer is fed up with callous treatment by apathetic clerks and know-nothing customer-service agents. |
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Today's young people are said to be the most apathetic generation ever. |
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We've been dominated by sadists and ignored by the apathetic. |
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The response of many politicians to this problem is essentially to blame voters for being too apathetic or unintelligent to understand the issues. |
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For example, avoiding problems results in a worker becoming apathetic, by not bringing work problems to the attention of supervisors or neglecting their responsibilities. |
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Fortunately, saner heads prevailed, and the apathetic pace of Manhattan redevelopment would have prevented it in any case. |
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The energy deficiency inherent in starvation causes fatigue and renders the victim more apathetic over time. |
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But, apart from Darling's backtracking on the death tax, there were no bombshells and little to stop the apathetic voter switching to Coronation Street, EastEnders or Raymond Blanc's kitchen secrets. |
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There was even one boy, completely apathetic at Pediatrics, who started moving so he could pat the clown and wake him up each time he pretended to go to sleep instead of playing the music. |
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But at the same time they portray him as paranoid and apathetic, dull and easily confused. |
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Adults say that young people are apathetic. |
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When tired, one will become increasingly apathetic. |
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As a result, using chronological age to inform the athlete's programming can put excessive demands on late maturing individuals, or leave early maturing athletes apathetic and unchallenged. |
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Are you a certainty to vote, or are you apathetic? |
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It was relatively easy to liquidate the physical positions, in a market with little cash flow and apathetic, which is a very positive element and encourages us to persevere in this way. |
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You might think Mohamed is an unusual case, an outlier in a nation of apathetic young people disengaged from politics and uninterested in the world around them. |
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People with reformist attitudes on subjects like health and ecology use hair-raising statements to whip the apathetic public into line with their causes. |
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The small minority of Iranians who dream of American intervention are the most apathetic of the lot. Since he was elected, Mr Bush has resisted detente in favour of co-operation on specific issues. |
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The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. |
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Speaking in the Knesset on June 8th, Mr Ben-Eliezer tried anyway, regaling the apathetic and half-empty government benches with a stream of pejoratives. |
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We should not be apathetic to the results of integration. |
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Millions who look forward with pleasurable anticipation to walking the streets of a beautiful celestial city are apathetic about improving the street on which they live. |
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By this time the attitude of many in the country had ceased to be apathetic regarding reform of the House of Commons. |
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Yet many seemed apathetic about their new rights. |
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They're irresponsible and apathetic about their jobs. |
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Don't flunk it, Liverpool Vision, nor you, our apathetic councillors. |
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What about electric cookers that blew up on installation, radiograms, radio, electric irons etc etc that the manufacturers are so apathetic about? |
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Tenured faculty aren't circus elephants too demoralized to perform, too persnickety to eat peanuts or too apathetic to do more than gaze longingly at retirement. |
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The Holiness Revival was primarily among people of Methodist persuasion, who felt that the church had once again become apathetic, losing the Wesleyan zeal. |
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Surprisingly, most Americans are apathetic toward this important issue. |
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