Today, at 40, Muhammad Idrees is a nowhere man, a victim of unkind fate and hostile borders.

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In office, he has also preached technological innovation for Russia, earning him the unkind nickname "nano-president", a jibe which also refers to his short stature.

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Unfortunately, if you are in a situation where your manager is unkind, unfair, and unqualified to manage, you can take solace in knowing that more than 50% of people are waiting to join you in your quest for new employment if the economy stays the same or improves.

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But a fairly consistent line of argument has been unkind to Facebook.

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Finding your phone in another room -- that's a killer app that doesn't even think unkind thoughts.

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Never mind that Caldicott was and still is a well-known fire-brand and had already established a public record of, to put it diplomatically, unkind views of the President.

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She had a crude face with small eyes and a large, downturned mouth, but she did not look unkind.

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We live in an age that has been unkind to many middlemen, as my former travel agent now a waiter will tell you.

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History books have been largely unkind to Burns, and though not alive today to defend himself, readers can now develop a sense of his side of the story through Inside the Nixon Administration: The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns, edited by author and emeritus Indiana University professor, Robert Ferrell.

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