Life under a government run by the author would be fastidious, incremental and pragmatic: a sort of John Major for the 21st century.

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Given Rick's choice of friends, it is clear that he would not be overly fastidious about choosing allies -- if he believed their cooperation could save lives.

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Nature could, of course, turn out to be this fastidious.

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Chinese and Japanese aficionados, whom many in the industry consider to be the most fastidious and discerning of watch collectors, purchase the bulk of the auteurist watches.

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Members will need to be less prissy and fastidious, less prone to faint every time things get rough or go wrong.

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Reports of mass arrests of Bhumihars in Jehanabad, scene of much of the worst violence, suggest the new administration is ready to be tough, if not fastidious.

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He designed hundreds of buildings but was fastidious about which should be built.

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Perhaps worst of all to the fastidious and those with appearances to keep up, rubbish chutes will be closed.

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And however conscientious the present government may be in keeping the spies away from political opponents, its successors might prove less fastidious.

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He was fastidious about Terri's appearance, spraying her with perfume and insisting that she be dressed in the latest fashion.

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