The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. From LearnThat.org. [Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978), American statesman.]
impersonal criticism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An impersonal corporation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
That is what he calls the impersonal force of destruction that paints "destroy" (chai) on buildings without a public discussion. From Wordnik.com. [In China, the Shock of the New] Reference
So neat, so clean, so impersonal is exactly the relationship of the majority of readers here to the soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Counterinsurgency by Air] Reference
Each of these changes increases the gains from specialization and exchange; they also create mechanisms that underpin impersonal exchange. From Wordnik.com. [Juntas vs. Open Societies, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Processes get more rigid and impersonal, which is bad. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
This is what might be termed the impersonal phase of his thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
(What will people say?) may also be called impersonal uses of the verb. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
But it's not impersonal, which is the wonderful thing about the record. From Wordnik.com. [August 2004] Reference
The verb qara 'is impersonal, which is conveniently rendered by a passive. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Nor is Behe implying that natural laws or so-called impersonal processes are outside God's purposes or control. From Wordnik.com. [ Views] Reference
Nominalisations allow us the option of being more abstract and impersonal, which is why they are useful in academic writing. From Wordnik.com. [On nominalisations] Reference
Aside from the style peculiar to every great master, there is in art something still superior and impersonal, which is style proper. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5] Reference
Who says technology in impersonal!. From Wordnik.com. [Comfort: It Sucks to be sick! « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour] Reference
Their margins seemed to flow together under some kind of impersonal design. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Friend 1: Well, she IS having a girl...but it's kind of impersonal as it is. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson in Proper Penmanship] Reference
So clearly 'impersonal' doesn't exist, just as an 'objective' painting doesn't. From Wordnik.com. [Impersonality] Reference
On a personal level, you are friendly and express a kind of impersonal good will towards others. From Wordnik.com. [anne-jumps Diary Entry] Reference
I was in your chair interviewing him long ago for Texas Monthly, but in a very kind of impersonal way. From Wordnik.com. [Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire] Reference
Nevertheless, this kind of impersonal activism seems to be the downfall of… this kind of impersonal activism. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday’s Rally | Seattle Metblogs] Reference
It was the kind of impersonal arrogance that poisoned much of the department and isolated it from the city, its people. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Ice]
"it is snowing," are called impersonal, because there is no actual subject, the word "it" serving merely as an introductory particle. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
I believe Bob's comments were that he felt the album was a bit "impersonal" in that he didnt feel a close connection with the audience. From Wordnik.com. [Before The Flood] Reference
"heartless," that is to say impersonal, that they represent the most advanced, efficient, and responsible form of business organization. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Washington with a kind of impersonal immaculateness. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle] Reference
The asserted "impersonal" characteristic of Buddhism and of the. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
Some 36\% described it as 'impersonal' and 34\% said it was 'distant.'. From Wordnik.com. [QCK Personal Finance News] Reference
Mr. Berenson refers only once to Velasquez and then as an "impersonal" painter. From Wordnik.com. [Promenades of an Impressionist] Reference
Is this an effective way to combat "impersonal" childbirth, or a sad sign of the times?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Many writers on the East have emphasized what they call its "impersonal" characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
In other words, the term "impersonal" is made to do duty for the non-existent negative of. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
Advocates of the "impersonal" interpretation of the Orient have much to say about pantheism. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
Last year 36% of people were disappointed with their gift, and said that they were 'impersonal'. From Wordnik.com. Reference
News reports about his death were typical of the kind of impersonal, formula obits editors keep on file. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Are naturalists and scientists "impersonal," and are philosophers and psychologists "personal" in nature?. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
Barbara had made her own was impossible, and he had no faculty even for the commonest kind of impersonal talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipated] Reference
A kind of impersonal anger at the failure of another hope nerved us; and this new fighting spirit was like another man at the oars. From Wordnik.com. [The River and I] Reference
"impersonal" duty, every sacrifice before the Moloch of abstraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Antichrist] Reference
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