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He is vexed that all the ministers agreed with the quota in principle, but then said that it wouldn't work in their own departments.
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He brings a unique combination of deep understanding, objectivity, and effectiveness to this vexed area.
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Fret not against evil doers, he says, to vex other men is only to teach them how to vex you.
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Away fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more!
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It's also beautifully acted and written, packed with genuinely vexing questions about grief and dreaming, andof all thingsthoughtful.
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His socially awkward personality is especially vexed by his wife's lavish parties her attempt to help influence others to support him.
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Initially, she was vexed with him and kept him at a distance.
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These huge changes in the piano have somewhat vexing consequences for musical performance.
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In addition to creating tools for science, as a researcher he also uses these bleeding edge technologies to study vexing problems in technologically important materials.
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They dated on and off for the remainder of his life, and lived together briefly, which vexed his more religious friends.
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