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contretemps

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The contretemps did not help the park's attempt to battle a national trend of declining amusement park traffic.

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Nevertheless, for today the contretemps will be used to galvanize the "base" for both parties.

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This contretemps does not indicate good faith on the part of the two presidents.

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Then there was a fourth contretemps with a colleague.

fortune.com

And the current contretemps isn't the first time the 29-year-old singer has courted controversy.

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Both contretemps are easily rectified by dealers and affect 2009 and 2010 models.

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But both contretemps served to reawaken the old doubts.

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After a contretemps, only a prig or a fool would rush in to apportion blame.

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This year's big contretemps however, came out of what is every monarchist's dream event: a royal nuptial.

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This week's confected contretemps shows that promise was hollow.

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