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  • s  not defended or capable of being defended

  • At this point any recounting of his accomplishments his unassailable greatness as a singer, his somewhat more assailable greatness as an actor, his impeccable taste as a .
  • At this point any recounting of his accomplishments--his unassailable greatness as a singer, his somewhat more assailable greatness as an actor, his impeccable taste as a curator .
  • If you can form a circle of mutual congratulation then your position becomes even less assailable.
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  • Herman Melville in Times Online
    This is no defence for drug cheating, but as Herman Melville wrote, "All that most maddens and torments . . . all truth with malice in it . . . all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick."
  • John Gielgud in Telegraph.co.uk
    In the movie Chariots of Fire the character played by Sir John Gielgud says, "games are indispensable in helping to complete an education. They create character, they foster courage, honesty and leadership. But most of all an assailable sense of...

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