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The word "bold" may also be used as a synonym of "impudent"; for example, a child may be punished for being "bold" by acting disrespectfully toward an adult or by misbehaving. Boldness as a philosophical virtue was admired by the ancient Greeks. [2] Boldness may be contrasted with courage in that the latter implies having fear but confronting it.
An example of graffiti where a sign has been edited to spell the word "fart". Graffiti and farting are widely considered to be rude, but this rudeness is often seen as having comic potential. Sometimes, people deliberately employ rude behaviours to achieve a goal. [ 2 ]
Adolf Hitler in the early 1920s, about the time he began writing Mein Kampf (1925). A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth primarily used as a political propaganda technique.
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Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.
An example of imputed income in connection with personal services is the situation where a stay at home parent is not taxed on wages that the family implicitly "pays" them for their services. If they were working for compensation, the wages they might pay a hired employee would be taxed.
"Taunting with Smoke from a Pipe" by Thomas Rowlandson, 1823. A taunt is a battle cry, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize or antagonize the recipient. [1]
Warwick states that "besides being an ornament to the face, or a convenient handle by which to grasp an impudent fellow, it is an important index to its owner's character; and that the accurate observation and minute comparison of an extensive collection of Noses of persons whose mental characteristics are known, justifies a Nasal Classification."