Mr Milosz is as much a philosopher as a literary critic, though one with a practical turn of mind, a wry sense of humour and a taste for irreducible particulars.

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Passengers want to feel a sense of place and get a taste of the local community.

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In reality, Jobs was a very good, even visionary, executive with a keen sense of public taste.

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They may trust high-end brands more, or feel that using them conveys to others a sense of their own taste, coolness, or affluence.

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Or is provocation in this sense a matter of taste?

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As a wine lover, what I find most appealing about his approach to the subject is his propensity to question, think deeply and encourage, sometimes inspire, others to broaden their own understanding of wine by developing a sense of their own personal taste.

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Most of his decisions make sense but some leave a bad taste in the mouths of the many Iraqis who want to run the show themselves.

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If Clooney seems drawn to this genre, it's not just because he has fine taste and a healthy sense of humor.

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Mr Danto, a jolly, bearded man with a self-deflating sense of humour and an old-fashioned taste in clothes, is the last sort of person you would think of as an authority-figure in the world of contemporary art.

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