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...become concerned about whether four-wheel-drive vehicles were being illegally exported. It added, "The BBC, presumably in their eyes a well-known terrorist group, would be treated like any other potential mercenary." The document concluded with the sarcastic assertion that should any staffer get "shot dead by some scumbag in Bosnia," the BBC would definitely complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raw Data: Oct. 18, 1993 | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...people look ridiculous onscreen, and he is, by and large, willing to jettison Hylan and try out his technique on the photogenic and seemingly unassailable Brownes. Looking at some still photographs of the couple, Strickland's assistant remarks that Owen and Anne "don't resemble our usual run of scumbag." Strickland replies, "Trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Wanted More | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...unfortunately, Derek, you allowed some of your people to give a distinguished service award to Ed Meese a few years back. Ed Meese? Even when I was Official Cheerleader for Ronnie's administation, I knew Meese was a scumbag. Sorry Derek, but appointing you as ethics advisor would be asking for some real deep...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: To Derek, From George | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

...Woodward is a lying scumbag," movie director John Landis told a crowd of nearly 200 at the Hasty Pudding Theatre. In 1984, Woodward wrote "Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi," a national bestseller...

Author: By Vindu P. Goel, | Title: Landis Speaks at Hasty Pudding | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...This scumbag giving you trouble?" an even more enormous cop growled, squeezing through the door. I was just about to say "yes," when I realized he was pointing at me; so I retreated very slowly, hands in the open, onto the street. Something similar or worse happened in every store I tried, until I ended up settling for three quarters and a dime, and that only at the price of prostrating myself in front of an entire restaurant...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Square Ordeal | 4/23/1986 | See Source »

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