Nor did the editor give Spencer an opportunity to respond to his personal disavowal.

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But the Americans sound cautiously optimistic that the Iranians' nuclear disavowal is genuine.

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"He was against our ideas, even when he was a student, " Abol Fotoh said, referring to the Brotherhood's disavowal of violence in the 1970s.

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For many Americans, only an explicit disavowal of his past support for such theories would signal that he is a decent man worth dealing with.

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Without a total disavowal, no amount of free DLC will be enough for some, but most are waiting to see if their complaints and comments will be addressed.

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Although we view carrier customizations much in the way Lady Macbeth views her hands, Windows Phone brings a welcome change of pace, what with its staunch disavowal of OEM skinning.

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But after allowing the fullest weight to these pleas, it still remains undeniable that the disavowal or the discountenancing of our diplomatic representatives in remote places (whether they be naval men or civilians) is a practice fraught with danger of the gravest nature, and should only be done in the rarest cases and on the clearest grounds.

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