So a writer should not be afraid to have characters talk in a way that's more formal or correct than is common in real life.
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Brenner replied that there are several studies of the exposure following Fukushima that show the local population received low doses that amount to less risk, for the individual, than other hazards common in life.
But waking up in the middle of the night with uncontrollable itching and nausea became a common theme in her life.
"For me, it's quite insulting to say that he's going to represent the French living in the U.S. and Canada while he hasn't shared any life experience in common with them, " Mr. Scemama said.
Lastly, when I am talking about our environment as the basis for our hopes, our shared life in common, I believe that the only paradigm for our development in these conditions, despite any scepticism we may have, is freedom and the sovereignty of the individual.
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These brave Americans are joined in death as they were in life -- by a common commitment to their country, and the values that we hold dear.
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Such gifts, whether to a university in general or a business school, are a common part of alumni life in the United States, but far less so in Europe, where universities have traditionally been state funded.
Mr Kirby said the trust had also invested in end-of-life care and targeted common problems in the area, such as respiratory diseases.
Instead the papal spokesman has hinted at an anti-Catholic plot and complained that the church is being unfairly treated because paedophiles are at least as common in other walks of life.
But the practice is known to be especially common in Kurdish regions, where life is still largely organised around tribal structures and Islam, and where status and power are measured in numbers.
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The other concept of liberty is also individualist, but holds that individuals need and seek close ties with others, as they take part in deciding on and enjoying a common life with them.
Nor is there any reason why the state should not help to organize a comprehensive system of social insurance in providing for those common hazards of life against which few can make adequate provision.
While the risk reduction is relatively small, 10 percent, COPD is a common and life-threatening condition in which a decline in lung function can be slowed down but not reversed.
One potential target is Group B streptococcus, the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns.
Famine, plague and arbitrary taxes made life hard enough for common people in the English kingdom of France.
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The people who have the best chance of getting a new life in America are those who have made common cause with America against a foreign foe, and are suffering for it.
The vote capped days of polarizing debate, as the Senate searched unsuccessfully for common ground on one of the most persistent wedge issues in American public life.
To many, these two news items might only confirm the all-too-common perception that violence and lawlessness seems to be the intractable way of life in Africa.
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The common thread here is that penalizing individuals who work every day in pursuit of a better life and clipping the wings of those who have vision, take a risk, and create new industries does little to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit and promote job growth.
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The Internet in China doesn't offer much today for the more conservative life-style of the common folk.
But all 300 of them have one thing in common: they are children of migrant workers who have come to Beijing in search of a better life.
While EU nations have made a great progress in pulling their resources together, they do remain a collection of capricious brides that find hard to lead a common life, a situation that can turn worse as European economies face a full-blown recession.
In 2009, for the first time in my life, I bought municipal bonds and preferred stocks, mainly bank preferreds then selling on parity with their common stock.
For the period after the war, and much of her subsequent life, she suffered terribly from what is thought to be chronic brucellosis - a disease more common in livestock, which causes weakness and intermittent fever in humans.
Younger, pre-adolescent children can be sent to specialized schools where the focus is on learning life and basic education skills, rather than making them fit into regular schools where they have little in common with their peers.
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