But beneath the surface, there is the CIA officer's constant and often uncharitable assessment of the target's aspirations, fears and desires.

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That may sound uncharitable, but no similar credit was given to Ben Hibon for CodeHunters for the much more successful Borderlands.

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It might also refute one plausible, if uncharitable, explanation for Mr Bush's zeal for energy subsidies: that he is mainly concerned with helping his oil-industry friends.

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" Wrote Mr. Klingenstein: "Would it be uncharitable to suggest that, in a speech calling for more sensitivity to conservative views, he might have shown some?

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It is not uncharitable to say the Canadian study is confusing, and it is not unwarranted to say its findings might be the result of chance as a real correlation.

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