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Audiophiles often lean toward passive speakers because they allow the users to try out different amplifiers and DACs and to upgrade components as their taste or budget dictates, all while keeping the same speakers.
THE BEST BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS FILL YOUR ROOM WITH SOUND, NOT CLUTTERTONY WAREJULY 19, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe desire for retribution is understandable when someone has taken an innocent life, but ought, in a civilized society, to be constrained by dictates of justice and mercy, even when the criminal himself has acted inhumanely.
THIS IS WHAT DEREK CHAUVIN’S SENTENCE SHOULD BEPAUL BUTLERJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEven the purest selfishness would dictate a policy of social insurance.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKDo not let scandal or a mere love of gossip dictate a letter of intelligence.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYIt is not the desire to deceive, but the desire to please, which will dictate such a course.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYFrance would never again send a Barillon to dictate to the cabinet of England.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYIt was disputed among the Mussulmans whether it was eternal or God had created it in order to dictate it to Mahomet.
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, VOLUME 1 (OF 10)FRANOIS-MARIE AROUET (AKA VOLTAIRE)I would not appear to dictate, but do you not fear Mr. Purcell may construe your non-attendance into disrespect to himself?
ALONEMARION HARLANDHe spared their lives, but only on the condition that he was to enter the town and there dictate his own terms.
BELGIUMGEORGE W. T. (GEORGE WILLIAM THOMSON) OMONDHe wrote as a man would dictate an essay which was to appear as a posthumous work.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELLWORDS RELATED TO DICTATE
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