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• r  in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

• Those principles, among other things, enshrine the goals of humanitarian aid as alleviating suffering according to need, irrespective of political goals, and in a way that supports .
• Female faculty in the Department of Medicine, irrespective of their religion, are barred from wearing short skirts, while those in Humanities must eschew tight pants and low .
• That's why I, like many other doctors, am unimpressed with the proposed legislation, which would legalize marijuana irrespective of any medical condition.

• regardless
• disregardless
• no matter
• disregarding

News & Articles

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• Background mortality rates key to accurate reporting of vaccine safety risks
  In a study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), investigators analyzed four years of data and determined that background mortality rates (rates of death irrespective of cause) are crucial in interpreting the numbers of deaths following vaccination. The VSD mortality rate following immunization is lower than the general US population mortality rate, and the causes of death are similar. These ...
  June 11, 2013 - Science Daily
• SVSU administrators changing, if not structure
  Saturday June 8, 2013 ZEKE WRIGHT Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- Administrative changes are coming to the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union irrespective of a proposed but questioned assistant superintendent position. With Kathi Marcoux’s retirement from the position of director of curriculum instruction and assessment at the end of the year, current Assistant
  June 8, 2013 - Bennington Banner

Quotes

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• Jacob Zuma in AFP
  No one is allowed to take the law into his own hands,said Zuma. "It against this background that the murder of Terre'Blanche must be condemned, irrespective of how his killers think they may have been justified. They had no right to take...
• Gordon Brown in New York Times
  Mr. Brown, in a way of response, said, "Irrespective of Afghanistan, irrespective of what is happening in different parts of the world, we have an international organization trying to inflict the maximum damage on civilian life in pursuit of a...
• Chris Hughton in Sportinglife.com
  Hughton said: "Irrespective of what has gone on re: the club, when you are on a run of defeats, then it does affect confidence. All you can do as coaches is pick the players up, look at the positives from the game - and irrespective of how...