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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
NEEDLESS occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... needless provocation
and unfair criticism.
BB p.146,
To Employers
The
employer cannot
play
favorites, but he can always
defend a
man from
needless provocation and
unfair criticism.
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