But it also tends to ridicule the losing side and, in some people's view, can cause ill will.
Abandonment, rejection, loss or ridicule often lay at the heart of many seemingly bizarre phobias.
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Even so, Etzler predicted that some would greet his proposals with ridicule, and he was right.
While Varys generates fear and suspicion, Tyrion generates loathing and ridicule, Petyr generates nothing.
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Ross School of Business, explores the impact of adolescent ridicule on consumer behavior and brand consciousness.
Now he professes hurt at being called out for his relentless ridicule of growth proponents.
The Banking Standards Commission has demonstrated, however, that ridicule isn't such a bad substitute.
He provided some early ammunition for ridicule, as a Surrey supporter of Manchester United.
The reaction of competitors such as RIM (BlackBerry) was disbelief, even panic, or ridicule.
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Few people are truly independent thinkers, and the few who are often become targets of ridicule.
Executives expect a certain amount of ridicule for their unconventional and risky approach to problem-solving.
Chavez rarely misses an opportunity to denounce capitalism and ridicule the International Monetary Fund.
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Ultimately to great ridicule Kennedy was against it, but it says here he was correct.
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Secrecy is jettisoned in favour of self-publicity on Facebook, opening the way for ridicule, jealousy and betrayal.
Morgan wasn't at the center of scandals and public ridicule the way Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
For HP, there is the risk of being rejected twice (and the ridicule that goes with it).
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After a while, the company started to draw suspicion and then ridicule from analysts and competitors.
It is not the job of serious publications to ridicule the religious sentiments held sacred by many.
Again, it's the style of writing that can tend to ridicule--it reminds me very much of Justice Scalia's writing style.
Perfect is an admirer of Shane Warne, and there's reverence in the musical along with all the ridicule.
Because, when they do say something they know they will face ridicule, detailed scrutiny and real economic consequences.
Everyone from the President Obama, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Governor Walker weighed in with ridicule and scorn.
They sent an unprecedented list of questions back to the judge, leading to their ridicule in the national media.
The ridicule with being a strong person of faith comes with the territory.
And Byrne's crusade against naked short selling has drawn a fair amount of ridicule from some corners of the media.
The ridicule continues for a congressman who in 2007 helped sponsor the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act.
The Nobel committee must have known it would be laying itself open to criticism, accusations of naivete and even ridicule.
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The initial position was legitimate, Mr Baverez argues, but the manner in which it was carried through ended in ridicule.
From early childhood onward, boys learn to reject anything pink or feminine, to avoid the possibility of peer disapproval or ridicule.
However, a blanket praise of deflation as a good thing and ridicule of those who worry about it is not benign.
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