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no-nonsense

adjective as in intolerant

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Responsibility for the task was given to Jean-Louis Georgelin, a no-nonsense army general who shared Macron’s impatience with committees and the “heritage” establishment.

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And John Prescott, with his strong union links and no-nonsense approach, offered vital support, not least in the abolition of the union block vote that had been Labour policy for years.

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But Trump got another big lucky break here, not from the district court — Tanya Chutkan is a no-nonsense federal judge who has moved the case briskly — but from the U.S.

Mansfield legend Kevin Bird played over 450 times for the Stags as a no-nonsense defender through the 1970s and early 1980s.

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The 'Patriot Way' was built around Belichick's no-nonsense approach of just "do your job" and not worry about anything else.

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

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