| 21. | After seeing Joyce clasping her son's hands and reassuring him of her love, Lavinia apologizes to her for her brusqueness.
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| 22. | Sometimes, the brusqueness of a shopkeeper or a jostling from an impatient person behind you in line jars your good nature into petulance.
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| 23. | Alagna seems to feel that portamento is an affectation, and he favors phrasing that is clear, even to the point of brusqueness.
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| 24. | For instance, he seemed surprised when told of Donatella Versace's comment about D'Amico, which is typical of her brusqueness.
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| 25. | "It was that simple, " said the actor, living up to his reputation of brevity to the point of brusqueness.
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| 26. | The waiters are elegant in their insults and personal in their brusqueness, with none of that horrible modern attitude called " attitude ."
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| 27. | The brusqueness carried a clear message : The United States is at war, it needs everybody's support and that support is not negotiable.
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| 28. | A number of arbitrators and ex-arbitrators have reputations for brusqueness and sometimes, harsh words, on the wikien mailing list or in public.
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| 29. | In all cases, it is a question of surrendering to a kind of spasm, seizure, or shock which destroys reality with sovereign brusqueness ."
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| 30. | Serna said that " Walt's Archie Bunker-ish sandpaper brusqueness " gives the film " a refreshing, if not outright surprising, levity ."
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