It not only confronts the professional complacency of the educational establishment but, more dangerously, it challenges the cherished myth of the uniformly adequate local school.

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Destroy the knowledge base on which all of mankind's scientific progress has been built by guaranteeing that such learning is confined to only a few, and spread ignorance and complacency among the many.

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It seems reasonable to conclude that English is the only language you need to master, but this complacency breeds catastrophe.

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City, though, slipped into their shell, with only Tevez and Jerome Boateng showing occasional sparks of invention, and their complacency merely invited the hosts back into the game.

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It appeared the Gunners, with the numerical advantage of an extra player, would only add to the danger they posed but they were jolted out of any sort of complacency.

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Hollande is wary of complacency, saying half of those who declare they will vote for him will do so only because they are voting against Sarkozy.

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That projection and the big stock market rally factoring the expectation into stock prices, has lifted not only the stock market, but investor sentiment, which is now at an extreme of optimism and complacency often associated with market tops.

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There is no excuse for complacency, as Munnell also points out, since the prosperity of the '90s will affect only the pension and disability funds.

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