Word: scoundrelism
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...harsh about the foibles of acquaintances and even of friends whose memory she holds dear. But when she calls someone a scoundrel or a swine, or describes a "major" unnamed contemporary Russian poet as "an unhappy, downtrodden creature of revolting cowardice," she manages not to sound petty, vindictive or prone to literary backbiting. Her judgments have been shaped by a hard life that has compelled her to see the difference between good, weak and evil...
Indeed, Davis seemed an unlikely scoundrel. Until last month he was generally considered the most powerful record-company executive in the business...
...Washington Post, Columnist Tom Donnelly reported coming across The Watergate Cookbook, written, he said, by people "deep in the soup" and featuring recipes for "purée of scoundrel, hush-money puppies and tongue à la Martha." Donnelly was only kidding; there is no such cookbook - not yet. But Howard Mercer, an inventor, and Joe Sugarman, an advertising executive, have created a slick card game called " Watergate Scandal: a game of cover-up and deception for the whole family." The pious instructions read: "To win: nobody in the Watergate Scandal wins. There are just losers. Once the cards are dealt...
Pinocchio's nose grew longer with each fib. Howard's merely twitches in private glee at each deception. Up to this point, Douglass Wallop (The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, The Good Life) has created an amusing if implausible scoundrel and a book that makes suitable summer reading on those winter flights to Miami or points south. The problem with Howard's Bag is how to teach an old gimmick new tricks. With preposterous ease, Howard's truth-loving new secretary catches on to his secret and converts him to her own uncomfortable creed...
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel...