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Still, not all were pleased with the results of the referendum. A spokesperson for the reigning cock-fighting champion relayed his client's distaste for the people's vote, vowing to take the sport even further underground, into even dirtier back rooms of even seedier bars. All parties expect a court battle in the months ahead...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Democracy's Follies | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

While all of Washington, D.C., is absorbed, or so it seems, in esoteric questions about arcane legal concepts like "perjury" and "subornation of perjury"--whatever they mean--the political world is missing the real issue: If some of the seedier snippets leaked from the Tripp-Lewinsky tapes are to be believed, then lying in a deposition is but one of the President's offenses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUT DID SHE INHALE? | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...fashion's pioneer in elevating the everyday. In 1970 he created evening wear out of materials like sweatshirt fabric and denim, an aesthetic later executed far less tastefully, albeit to greater splash, by Gianni Versace. Today Beene often buys shoes for his fashion shows along one of Manhattan's seedier discount shopping blocks. "There are jewels," he enthuses, "everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: The Poetics Of Style | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Contrary to popular opinion, not all bookmakers are associated with the Mafia. If gambling were legalized, the seedier elements would probably no longer exist, as regulations and authoritative, legal enforcement would maintain honest wagering, timely payments, and civil means for resolving disputes...

Author: By David Lehn, | Title: Don't Bet on Government | 4/13/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard is number one on a somewhat seedier survey: More computer users at Harvard read Penthouse magazine on-line than at any other Ivy League school...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, | Title: Harvard in the Penthouse: Web Surfing for Pets | 4/5/1996 | See Source »

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