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But she was young, and she used work as a defense mechanism.
‘Matilda’ Star Mara Wilson Reviews ‘Matilda the Musical’ | Ramin Setoodeh | April 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI think this is, among liberals anyway, a defense mechanism.
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney and the Magical Powers of a Lie | Michael Tomasky | April 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIs this a defense mechanism, a way of not quite looking at what my mother has become?
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 9, 2012 | Nicholas Mancusi, Malcolm Jones | April 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
“The hierarchy of things is a kind of defense mechanism that just alienates,” says Koons.
Jeff Koons: One of Today's 10 Most Important Artists | Blake Gopnik | June 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHistorical myopia must be an evolutionary defense mechanism of the human species.
The crowds delusion of persecution, conspiracy, or oppression is thus a defense mechanism of this nature.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinHe knew that he was merely a defense mechanism, to ward off fear: for, it wasn't true.
My Shipmate--Columbus | Stephen WilderI have said that the hostility of the crowd is a sort of "defense mechanism."
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinLate afternoon of the next day, my defense mechanism was ready.
The Telenizer | Don ThompsonThis small, rather weird-looking little creature had a dangerous defense mechanism in the spines of his back.
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland Goodwin
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