He says his intention is to highlight the absurdities and deceptions in consumer culture by following its rules to the letter. |
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It was the least of his transgressions in a career notable for its paranoia, deceptions, moral vacuum and megalomania. |
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She was bold, brave and was able to get herself out of almost any situation through quick lies and witty deceptions. |
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Again and again, he 'gammoned' me and nobody was then game to tell me that I was the unknowing victim of deceptions. |
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While several of these often elaborate deceptions will be treated separately elsewhere in this book it seems convenient to summarize them here. |
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Much Ado About Nothing looks at courtship, flirtation, practical joking and deceptions in the setting of a leisurely country house party. |
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Not only is it an irritating waste of time, bandwidth and money, but it's also the cornerstone of many scams and deceptions. |
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Most people aren't expecting to be deceived, so they may not be aware of deceptions that others might engage in. |
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The salesmen have been telling producers many half-truths and some outright deceptions. |
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Will they eventually confront their dates with the truth, or continue to lead deceitful lives based on hateful deceptions? |
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So there have been allegations of dirty tricks, deceptions and double dealing. |
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The offences took place a couple of years after she escaped being jailed for mortgage fraud and other deceptions. |
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He became so reckless in his deceptions and crookedness precisely because he believed himself to be untouchable. |
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Having no history, we cannot subject their deceptions to the scrutiny of experience, cannot judge their words by the truth of similar words uttered to us in the past. |
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All artifice, all human pretensions and deceptions are stripped away, to the extent that the reader has to fight the urge not to avert their eyes, so intimate is what is left. |
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This gets lost in the smoke screen of deceptions that is used to justify dishonesty. |
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And, given Lochte's lunkheaded deceptions about being robbed in Rio, it was hard to see any company benefitting from being associated with him. |
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The cheaper pine nuts at the gourmet store that connives with my culinary deceptions come from China or Korea. |
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But misframing the past as a narrative of deceptions, betrayals and humiliations is a profoundly dangerous move. |
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Is it any wonder that the British public has remained largely ignorant of a consistent pattern of deceptions and untruths emanating from London and Washington for many years? |
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They have not been spared by consumerism, with the deceptions which it begets. |
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It seems like these agreements are deceptions in a way, as nobody really states what they are willing to give. |
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They have deceived themselves and end up living their lives completely wrapped up in their own deceptions. |
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Recruitment of labour still took place through deceptions and false promises. |
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Thus far in the history of civilization, these deceptions, however sad, have been left to the domain of song, verse and social censure. |
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One of the real deceptions in the food system around labelling comes from so many examples. |
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Jesus is not deceived by the Devil's cunning deceptions even when he uses scripture itself to tempt him. |
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After hearing how it was just one of a series of deceptions by the 24-year-old, including cheating a former employer, he remanded him to Hull Prison for four days. |
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Then prosecution barristers revealed he had already served almost four years in jail for nearly 80 deceptions and other offences in Preston, Mold and Liverpool. |
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This is about a group of friends and their romantic hang-ups, their lives, loves and deceptions, triumphs and tragedies that climax to surprising finale. |
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The deceptions continued, rapidly escalating in severity, until last fall, when he hired a lawyer and called up the U.S. Attorney's office to confess. |
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Constanze, Wolfgang's compliant wife, was a willing accomplice to a long series of deceptions, as long as the money rolled in, which often it did rather reluctantly. |
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Perhaps compose a fiction about hard-wired fictionalizing, a fiction that reminds readers of their synaptic deceptions. |
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Instead, they believe lies, deceptions and fables. |
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An Advisory Board hearing was conducted in Toronto to consider the suspension or revocation of Mr. Lee's licence following allegations that he had engaged in falsehoods and deceptions in order to not have to repay a debt. |
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Its deceptions were discovered around a year ago. |
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Many in various places even make light of social laws and precepts, and do not hesitate to resort to various frauds and deceptions in avoiding just taxes or other debts due to society. |
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In his numerous anti-Darwinist works, he tries to prove the absurdity and unscientific nature of the theory of evolution, which is for him only one of Satan's greatest deceptions. |
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Elaborate deceptions were planned to prevent the Germans from determining the timing and location of the invasion. |
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This had the potential to ruin the Allied deceptions Fortitude North and Fortitude South. |
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Typical of Venetian Commedia dell'Arte, La Calisto is a whirlwind comedy of errors, mistaken identities, misplaced attractions, deceptions, thwarted advances and future promises. |
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Tomorrow I will be preaching about the blood of Jesus and challenging the occult deceptions that have kept many in bondage for countless generations. |
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Its account of the creation of the world and of the early days of mankind, with its parade of deceptions, retributions and covenants, has been subjected to many kinds of interpretation. |
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But they are still susceptible to the prosaic deceptions of data displays such as scale, aspect ratio and placement. In addition, intensive processing for visualisation can actually destroy information. |
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Both firms misled markets and investors over the health of their accounts and both spectacularly imploded when the extent of the deceptions became known. |
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Let me just illustrate some of the deceptions. |
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Without this profound joy and peace that can resist the disappointments and deceptions in the experience of ecclesial life, we could not become credible witnesses of the Good News of God's Reign. |
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The deceptions undertaken in Operation Fortitude were successful, leaving the Germans obliged to defend a huge stretch of coastline. |
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This same complainant had made several previous complaints including various allegations of conspiracies and deceptions, all seemingly based on various speculations. |
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This is a greatly textured story, varying from mood to mood, line to line, devoted to encompassing the deceptions, placations and terrors of Abdul's mental landscape. |
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And to this effect he maketh men believe that apparitions, and such as confirm his existence are either deceptions of sight, or melancholly depravements of phansie. |
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His many deceptions did not become known until years after he died. |
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