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1. A failure to recognize changes in old relationships and making appropriate adjustments can be misread as indifference
2. Through the long ages of Smith’s indifference the madly spinning Earth
3. If it is a matter of indifference (and not Biblical Doctrine), the majority can rule
4. 'Really?' I said, disturbed at such indifference to my favourite subject
5. But Tarak did not provoke him with a smile of triumph; he simply stared back with indifference
6. broken on the breakwater of political indifference to their cause
7. He gave me the look of indifference
8. Where when the tides bring forth with indifference there will you find me,
9. indifference and Helen’s defensive walls would be breached
10. There was nothing there, and that no matter how long he dwelt among them, he would only find indifference
11. Helez was surprised at the indifference Babylonians showed towards nudity
12. I want you to see the peeling walls and the masses of trash all around and KNOW that unless you change your ways, you are as ugly as those streets! This place looks like this because of the indifference and selfishness of people, and that indifference and selfishness is exactly what's causing girls like Rosabell to take their own lives!" The tears now streamed down her face
13. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result
14. For a number of years Helen Garlin had endured her husband’s indifference, had contented herself, or tried to, with spending his money almost as fast as he made it
15. This indifference, too, was more likely to be increased than diminished by some of the new regulations which were made in consequence of the parliamentary inquiry
16. Johnny said with indifference
17. Their patrons even frequently complain of the independency of their spirit, which they are apt to construe into ingratitude for past favours, but which, at worse, perhaps, is seldom anymore than that indifference which naturally arises from the consciousness that no further favours of the kind are ever to be expected
18. The negative impact on morale, however, may quietly produce a backlash of indifference among police officers whose performance in the line of duty is often met with contempt rather than gratitude
19. Perhaps guilt has triggered our indifference or resignation to devolving social and cultural standards that have assumed a life of their own
20. Whether as (casual) observers or active participants, each of us is equally to blame, more so the former for our indifference!
21. It seems that our society‘s consummate pursuit of Material Things proportionate to its increasing indifference to Spiritual Things has sterilized our souls in a manner that has left many of us intellectually and morally barren and susceptible to whimsical notions of corporeal designs
22. The decline of any great nation is hastened by intellectual and moral laxity and indifference to that nation‘s historical achievements; that is to say, that nation forgot the lessons that made it great
23. A nation‘s indifference to military preparedness and its uncritical assumptions regarding the inestimable intentions of hostile nations is consistent with the erstwhile requirements of a purposeful nation that has lost the Will to Lead by example
24. The absence of spiritual references and indifference to Divine Law has hastened an (uncertain) moral relativism of dubious value
25. In a society where youth is de rigueur and old age a nuisance, such (calloused) indifference is seemingly consistent with a society that has lost touch with its venerable customs
26. Immigration Reform is unlikely to occur anytime soon for the (very) simple reason that such measures designed to quiet the tides of illegal immigration must necessarily conflict with the efforts of corporate lobbyists and their political minions in conjunction with private enterprises that have come to rely heavily on cheaper sources of labor to operate their businesses and who have repeatedly demonstrated their calloused indifference to rules of law and native born working men and women and are willing to operate outside the law if that‘s what it takes, at the expense of Native Americans for the ―benefit‖ of Illegal Aliens who are ―here‖ to collect a paycheck if nothing else, who routinely flaunt our nation‘s laws while abetting an underground economy injurious to open markets
27. Indifference to customary (religious) attitudes is a cause of grave concern; especially among practicing Christians and (Orthodox) Jews alike who perceive the gradual erosion of the underlying principles and teachings of proud (religious) traditions and its demoralizing effect on society; of Christians and Jews in name only who are routinely abandoning their churches and synagogues while shedding their religious customs and beliefs in alarming numbers to worship before the alter of the ―golden calf‖
28. Nixon‘s presidential candidacy (1968) although once in office, his casual indifference, if not outright rejection of conservative principles, and the voters who supported them, betrayed the confidence of his faithful followers who had come to expect so much from him
29. Clinton‘s betrayal of public confidence, too enumerable to mention, is a troubling reminder of the Republic‘s moral regression and indifference to standards of decency that its citizens need only look in the mirror to understand why this man has never been brought to task!
30. Our society‘s ―casual‖ (hey!) indifference to proper attire has rendered formal/casual distinctions obsolete
31. ) Adopting conspicuously faulty and (otherwise) self-serving reasoning conveniently side-steps a very important fact; that we all exist in a less than perfect world subject to changing fortunes and other unexpected events that routinely challenge our mettle; and that Nature, however, has its own inestimable manner of compensating each of us with an innate capacity to endure hardships and rise above our present condition however unfavorable or improbable our prospects for a ―better‖ life may appear and that an individual‘s threshold for suffering and privation oftentimes vary in proportion to that individual‘s (mental) endurance and acquired habits in spite of that individual‘s accustomed environment and in any event, such (gratuitous) impressions are problematical at best and should not serve as a litmus test in determining who should or should not be permitted to live or given an equal opportunity to exercise free choice(s) pre-empted by selfish motives indifferent to such rights; motives whose arbitrary designs are (otherwise) impervious to the apparent limits or consequences of questionable solutions whose (hardened) indifference to Life must inevitably diminish the (inherent) value a society confers upon its citizens regardless of their station in life
32. A society that has developed an immunity to shock or feigns indifference to offensive or inappropriate behavior when it should be properly outraged should consider itself in a transitional state of moral decline!
33. Addendum to the above: Question: Which is the greater of two evils; moral indifference or immoral complicity?
34. Carter‘s endlessly quixotic ―peacekeeping‖ overtures to autocratic regimes throughout the Third World in a transparent attempt at redeeming his failed presidency; this is not to imply, however, that our ex-president does not (otherwise) share a certain sympathy with such leaders as evidenced by his fawning indifference to human and civil rights abuses routinely evident in many of those countries
35. While some may lay the blame on the American public's indifference, this is too easy and lazy
36. East Timor is yet another illustration of Kissinger's indifference and incompetence
37. Ford's indifference to genocide deserves to be remembered as at least among the two worse things he did as president
38. …portends a Crisis of Conscience for the obvious reason that were an individual evil, in which case Conscience would no longer factor into that individual‘s evil intentions or designs, or complicit in some activity considered evil (in the conventional sense) or (otherwise) cognizant of loftier moral arguments that should properly inform his or her actions, who has chosen, however, to promote expediency and self-interest over principle and the (rightful) concerns of others, that individual has willfully and knowingly sidestepped the boundaries that separate Good and Evil or, at the very least, its milder derivative, Right from Wrong, (thereby) waiving all rights for (personal) redemption whereas Amorality, on the other hand, suggests a gross indifference to moral clarity; an ―intellectual‖
39. Passersby looked at him with complete indifference; not a one batted an eyelid
40. Her relaxed message and ―shrugged‖ commitment to society can only encourage indifference
41. The Republican Establishment, hampered over the years by its high-brow demeanor and perceived indifference to common causes, has squandered an exceptional opportunity to set the political tone over the coming generation; assisted in large measure by the (self) destructive tendencies of Democrats who continue steering further away from popular mainstream opinion(s)
42. As a graying sixties generation quickly approaches middle age, sustained by a wistful desire for the ―good old days‖ that typified its youthful idealism, many can‘t help reflecting on those formative years without forlorn regret over a progeny whose slackening awareness and indifference to social ―causes‖ and other immediate issues that continue to trouble our society has given way to self-gratifying designs, like amassing ―huge‖ fortunes, for example
43. Such (casual) indifference to this important (historical) event reminded me of a remark made by the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, and I quote, ―Give the people sports‖; (the soccer matches ostensibly intended to provide cover for his considerable misdeeds)
44. His thoughtless indifference to the momentous progress made in this area (race relations) over the past forty years or more, extemporaneously betrays an intellectual dishonesty steeped in naiveté and misplaced idealism that has lost much of its (historical) relevance in modern society; aside from the rantings of racial factions that stand to profit by re-opening old wounds which Mr
45. It is hopeful that reasonable nations will soon come to appreciate the consequences of their (seemingly) indifference to world peace
46. What I have observed, however, is a procession of global wars, famine, pestilence and disease, a decline in civility and (polite) manners, greed and rabid materialism, a diminution of moral and spiritual values, corporate and political corruption, consumer gluttony, disinterested parents and teachers, dysfunctional households, racism, steroids, offensive rap-music, pedophilia, teenage pregnancies and abortion, social unrest, selfishness and indifference, self-centeredness and conceit, the flaunting of immodest and indecent behavior and the glorification of stupidity in general
47. The triggering device behind these uprisings has been, among other things, a growing perception of (native) French complacency, indifference and (perhaps) bigotry by a (weary) nation that has grown accustomed to its creature comforts; supported by emerging working classes who feel deprived of its social and political rights as well as uncertain of their own proper role in French society
48. With complete indifference, he leaned against a light banister a thousand feet above jagged rocks, and lifted a foot to cock his heel on the bottom rail
49. So the best revenge is actually indifference and moving on
50. “Do you wish to become the Castigator of the Outer Territories?”, he said, idly checking his fingernails for blemishes and dirt in a blantant show of genuine indifference
