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Do you worry that readers nowadays want to have their expectations confirmed rather than challenged?
"Mom and Dads" and "The New Normal" seem to have unintentionally reflected reality rather than challenged it.
Maybe it's fitting, at a time of remembrance, but I feel I'm being reminded, rather than challenged.
But his team of palace advisers has often amplified, rather than challenged, the crown prince's worst impulses.
He thus appeals to a kind of French conservatism which has more to do with style than politics, a longing to be comforted rather than challenged.
An element of tension arises because the logic of puja and prasada seems to accord all humans an equal status with respect to God, yet exclusionary rules have sometimes been sanctified rather than challenged by prasada-based ritual.
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Many shut down rather than challenge the publishers in court.
They basically endorse Communist Party policy, rather than challenge it.
It tends to reinforce rather than question, confirm prejudices rather than challenge them.
My guess is that the Breakthrough prize will reinforce rather than challenge this model.
Both men were "foxes" who pursued their quests by bargaining with — rather than challenging — white America.
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