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Years of sluggish economic growth have cheapened British assets, making the U.K. a happy hunting ground for private-equity firms and the world’s rich.

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Woodson said the bill has created a culture of self-censorship in her classes, threatened the accreditation of her program, and cheapened her academic experience.

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These missives exploded the myths around a man who has for decades been derided as a cynical and unscrupulous opportunist that cheapened Presley’s legacy while enriching himself at his client’s expense.

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This "cheapens the significance" of the tradition and divides the country, he argued.

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“So why — when you have this amazing megaphone and this amazing ability to communicate — why would you cheapen your show by saying things like that?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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