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Pollution, though often more insidious in its effects, can cause ill-health and even permanent intellectual impairment.
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Another possible risk is more insidious .
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It was far worse, more insidious , more destructive.
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Or was Scheck working here at something more insidious ?
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Technological change, however, is less blatant, more insidious , more gradual and more effective.
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There is a massive sub-culture there, looking backwards and it's getting more insidious all the time.
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The mental scars are more insidious .
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No, the threat behind the horoscope had been deeper and more insidious than that.
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Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.
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Perhaps the most insidious aspect of this movie is the travelogue-porno style in which it is shot.
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Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination, one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged.
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That way lie new injustices and the most insidious censorship of all - self-censorship.
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The third factor, hygiene, is perhaps the most insidious and difficult to control.
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A more insidious form of water pollution is chemicals used on farms that get into the water supply.