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naive

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A naive and wealthy man named Simon Aron falls under the spell of Mocata, the leader of a Satanic society active in London and southern England.

“It’s like hitting a bullet with a bullet,” someone says, crushing the naive notion of an impregnable “nuclear defense.”

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For a dozen years and more they've been belittled by Celtic and, as much as Martin's plea for patience was understandable, it was also naive.

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That doesn’t mean she was a pushover or naive; she took names and kept receipts of those who had done her wrong.

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Nato's secretary general Mark Rutte said: "We are a defensive alliance, yes, but we are not naive, so we see what is happening."

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

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