Word: hoggish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lectured on U.S. civilization and its discontents. He tells everyone who will listen that the end is near. Reports Charlie: "He said the signs were everywhere. In the high prices, the bad tempers, the gut worry. In the stupidity and greed of people, and in the hoggish fatness of them." The country will soon collapse into class war, he assures his son: "When it comes, I'll be the first one they kill. They always kill the smart ones first." He is also the dominant, inescapable presence in The Mosquito Coast...