The sheer insouciance from the IRS towards all tax-deviant clerics following Pulpit Freedom Sundays in 2008 and 2009 leaves little precedent for a change in policy this year. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle] Reference
But his carelessness--what some have the nerve to call his insouciance putting a positive, oh-so-Continental spin on good old-fashioned incompetence--was his undoing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
The pictures above show Smokey's parents, Sam & Braise, illustrating the concept of "méfiance" (see Sam, left) and carefree "insouciance" (see Braise, right). From Wordnik.com. [subir - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Yet with Rangel-like insouciance, he shrugs it off. From Wordnik.com. [Can Charlie Rangel Hold On?] Reference
The president can no longer affect such insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [The Learning Curve] Reference
His very insouciance will sign his political death warrant. From Wordnik.com. [Are Teflon Tony's Days Numbered?] Reference
I wanted to remember Dorothy for her insouciance and her wit. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
In short, I do not know how to wear a scarf with insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Sisko Carter: Why French Women Wear Scarves] Reference
Women of a certain age swooned over Rummy's wartime, tough-guy insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Idleness and insouciance had few temptations for them, cynicism was abhorrent to them. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
She lives the life we all dream about and she does it with just so much an insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007] Reference
Senator Robert Byrd expressed palpable fury, condemning outright Blankenship's insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [Difficult Questions in the Wake of a Coal Tragedy] Reference
Women of a certain age swooned over the Defense secretary's wartime, tough-guy insouciance. From Wordnik.com. [CAREERS: WHY IS HE STILL SMILING?] Reference
With the insouciance of youth, Capriati was not worried about stumbling over her early success. From Wordnik.com. [Fault, Miss Capriati] Reference
Then, a shade of contempt blending with the former cool insouciance of his tone, he said quietly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Tie it like a kerchief and you're trying to convey a "fashionable insouciance to ordinary neckwear.". From Wordnik.com. [BritNews RoundUp: Scarfing it down edition] Reference
With what insouciance had she treated the affair of zu Pfeiffer and the youngster whom he had struck. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
He went about with an aspect of calm insouciance, and therefore with a feeling of calm and ease within. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
This race against time, pitting insouciance against investment, will determine Blair's political future. From Wordnik.com. [Are Teflon Tony's Days Numbered?] Reference
He could feel it like a Thai massage over his entire body and the insouciance it brought to his thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Desmond could not but admire the superb insouciance and the easy smile with which Diggle played his card. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
At present, instead, he has manufactured a poker-faced insouciance into a reputation as a full-fledged Enigma. From Wordnik.com. ['Sweet Pete' Swings For An Open Repeat] Reference
What is the meaning of these words: atavism; penumbra; semaphore; astigmatic; insouciance; mise-en-scene; kinetic?. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
She could have sent Kurt out into the PI fray with a little less insouciance and a little more preparation, though. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
In terms of the immediate challenge of tackling the U. K.'s yawning budget deficit, this insouciance may be justified. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Democrats' Rise Holds Promise and Peril] Reference
The Corps plugging its ears to the warnings was nothing less than "negligence, insouciance, myopia and shortsightedness.". From Wordnik.com. [Greg Palast: Bush'd Again? New Orleans, Mr. O and Mr. Go] Reference
It was a poor effort by the Irishman, and it was matched by his apparent insouciance at the prospect of missing out on Celtic Manor. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Watney leads charge of young generation in US PGA] Reference
The classy clothes, his insouciance, were elements of his polished veneer, which gave no indication of the unconscionable criminal behind them. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
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