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...bother with those soldiers. They don't even do their own laundry, and they always wear the same colors. I've known they were scum ever since my brother's G.I. Joe used to kill my Barbies...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Please Don't Ask Beth | 2/24/1990 | See Source »

...story so compelling was not that the people were ordinary but that they could be portrayed as extraordinary. In an age of broken marriages and abandoned dreams, the suburbs of Boston had yielded a perfect couple unquestionably devoted to each other. And this couple were set upon by scum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Victims into Saints | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...does she think I'm the scum of the earth...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Romance at Harvard? Yeah, Right. | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...troops patrolled the streets of Leninakan. TASS reported that a man was arrested in Kirovakan for stripping watches and earrings from the dead. Soviet soldiers were seen removing boots from the dead and trying them on for size. "We shouldn't hide the fact that all kinds of scum are coming to tragedy sites for an easy profit," said army Lieut. General V. Dubinyak, chief of staff of the Interior Ministry troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Vision of Horror | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...everyone's task. High school students take water samples, and island dwellers have been trained in what to do if they spot an oil spill. Says Seattle Water-Quality Planner Hubbard: "Bridgetenders are great at calling in with violations. They are up high, and when they see a black scum or a little slick, they let us know about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Dirty Seas | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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