The conventions, in short, were rituals of bonding, something not to be sniffed at in a continent-sized country.
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From a " career " point of view, it s also great playing to many thousands of people a night across the States is an opportunity not to be sniffed at ."
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The update has the soothing new sense of challenged as " handicapped " ( baldies are " follically challenged " ), and the addition of aroma therapy is not to be sniffed at.
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The retail price index, China's main gauge of inflation, earlier was reported to have climbed only 14.8 percent in 1995 _ still not to be sniffed at, but within the government's target of below 15 percent and well below the 21.7 percent registered in 1994.