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The reason given by the Israeli authorities is often bitakhon, or security, without bothering to give any shred of justification.

It was clear he was eager for me to see it, but he handled it with extravagant care. As if it is a vital shred of some ancient treasure map.

Here lived a girl who was in love with him; now the only reminder of her is a shred of faded ribbon, and her lake-cabin-a rotted ruin.

Who cares what he wanted? Can't we please just try and get out of this with whatever shred of dignity this family has left?

"I'll go. " Seemingly being angry, the girl bravely raises her head, glares at him, with a shred of gentle encouragement in her eyes.

The best traders have evolved to the point where they believe, without a shred of doubt or internal conflict, that "anything can happen. "

There's not a shred of evidence that he took the money.

Over the last five years or so, I find that our financial institutions have no shred of the character I describe.

Hey, where's the Ice Queen? Off ruining the last tiny shred of fun I'm still allowed to have in this party, I presume?

If it's better to have a non-Buddhist spouse, does this mean one should not share a shred of the Dharma with one's significant other?

Soon he would charge, without a shred of evidence, that 25 percent of my White House aides were recent drug users.

He made the accusations without a shred of evidence to back them up.

Not a shred of proof was provided or required. When a lie is repeated a hundred times, it becomes the truth.

I realized I'd been holding on to a last shred of hope when I entered Biology, saw his empty seat, and felt a new wave of disappointment.

The air without a shred of cloud, a hot sun overhead, with no wind, all trees listlessly, lazily stood there.

Developed by Cornell researchers, the program deduced the natural laws without a shred of knowledge about physics or geometry.

Abbas said no one "with a shred of conscience" could reject the Palestinian application for full U. N. membership.

and never found a single shred of evidence.

Programmers with a shred of architectural sensibility shun these quagmires.

and again, by some strange alchemy of soul, he would find another shred of will and strike out more strongly.

Since there wasn't a shred of scientific evidence to support Lamarck's claims at the time, his observations were not influential.

Yet Mr Obama's birth certificate says he was born in Hawaii, and there is not a shred of evidence to the contrary.

No one takes the tiniest shred of notice of this excellent advice.

"There is not a shred of evidence" that the legal opposition has been planning or perpetrating terrorism, says one.

Jonas, I gave you a memory that I told you was my favorite. I still have a shred of it left. The room, with the family, and grandparents?

Meanwhile, directors at companies with no shred of scandal are finding the work tough going.

I defy you to produce one shred of evidence.

They do so by forgoing sleep, personal care, housework and any shred of personal leisure.

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious .

An elegant theory, but without a shred of evidence.

I felt not a shred of compassion; just unadulterated pain and rage.

there can't be the least little shred of doubt.

If there is a shred of truth or justice inside of you, you cannot marry him.

there is "not a shred of evidence" for the biological factor.

Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.

They have some powerful telescopes in Arizona, and I can't find even a shred of fairness in that.

There is not a shred of evidence that missing money was stolen.

We had never seen one shred of evidence.

Yet there is still not a shred of evidence for their rush to judgment.

We can afford to lose money -even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation -even a shred of reputation.

She needed a shred of hope but none came from the idol.

There isn't a shred of truth in that statement.

Shred of Evidence, FIesh and BIood, police procedurals.

I don't have a shred of confidence.

I don't have a shred of feeling left.

I can't believe he just said that! He doesn't have a shred of manners!

But I don't think that in any of them I would say there is "not a shred of evidence" for the other side,

Not a Shred of Sense