Word: hustler
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Dershowitz, in a May 4 Wall Street Journal piece entitled “Finkelstein’s Bigotry,” cited the plagiarism allegations—as well as the appearance of a “Hustler-type cartoon” depicting the law professor masturbating before images of dead Lebanese—as evidence of what he called “ad hominem, unscholarly, and extreme” tactics on the part of Finkelstein...
LARRY FLYNT, publisher of Hustler magazine, in a full-page Washington Post ad offering up to $1 million to anyone willing to provide proof of having an affair with an elected official...
...colorful pantheon of Rio de Janeiro stereotypes, none is more beloved than the malandro. Brazilians like to believe that many of their Portuguese words defy direct translation, and in this case they are right. A malandro is, for want of a more succinct description, a hustler who survives by his wits and savvy, often fooling those richer or more powerful than himself, and usually skirting the law. He is a bohemian, a joker and a smartass. The word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts...
...does boxing creep back into the cultural consciousness after a five-year dizzy spell? Easy. Take the sport's most talented fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., 30, a self-described "hustler" who was nearly gunned down as a baby and is, kindly, referred to by one promoter as "a huge pain in the ass." Pit him against the sport's last glamour boy, Oscar De La Hoya, 34, bred tough in East L.A. but now a clean-cut corporate sweetheart whose broad, boyish smile has made millions swoon into his corner. Naturally, his charm has also turned off others who would...
...Chen began writing humorously and explicitly about herself and her sexual encounters—once, memorably, about finding a condom in her nether regions several hours after a tryst—last August.Since then, Chen, who is also Crimson magazine editor, has written articles for the Boston Globe and Hustler. She has appeared in numerous national media outlets, drawing frequent comparison with Natalie Krinsky, whose raunchy Yale Daily News column spawned the novel Chloe Does Yale. Now, Chen pens a column for CollegeHumor.com and hopes to sign a book deal. Chen is the most obviously successful of a dozen...