Word: sonofabitch
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...writer and professor at Tufts University, the new strategy is “more political, more principled, and more structural.” The overall goal is to permanently consign the link between development aid and strategic self-interest—the “he may be a sonofabitch but he’s our sonofabitch” school of foreign policy that dominated aid during the Cold War—to the dustbin of history.The World Bank’s traditional reluctance to speak out against breaches of press freedom stemmed from concern for the sovereignty...
...undoubtedly cynical management consultants and investment bankers, all of whom have raked in piles of money and accumulated trophy cars, do these boys see why the crowds are smiling? It is because they are young and fresh, as yet unexposed to the daily grind that being a tough sonofabitch requires. The faces of the audience are wrinkled and droopy, hardened by years of not being the last-finishing nice guy, and these charming young men are naive, even as they sing of "sadomasochism," to the real tensions that will someday entangle their own lives. It is refreshing for these corporate...
...Finally he said,'Is it to do good to humanity? Is that why you want to be a doctor?' I hesitated in answering this, and he said, 'Because they make the worst doctors.' I got out and said to myself, 'Thank you, you sonofabitch.'Then I said, 'OK, I'll be a mathematician, because that's what I like...
...even vaguely intelligent person in the film, and yet whether they be escaped convicts or convenience-store clerks, the characters are all charming and endearing. They are exactly the type of folks you see in any small town anywhere in America, folks who say "somebitch" instead of "sonofabitch" and who enjoy their Kellogg's corn flakes straight from the box. Although you wish for some realistic nastiness a la Robert Altman to balance the film's artiness, Raising Arizona is consistently funny comedy...
When Harry is, once again, upset at his son's failure to take responsibility, the kid closes him in a bear hug, assuring his father that there is absolutely nothing wrong. "We have a nifty house...we'll do just fine, an asshole and a sonofabitch." He then leaves Harry to trot back to the beach, as the camera zooms to the face of his father, blank with shock and rage. He then proceeds to kick out his offspring in the hope that "...he'll see the light when he feels the heat." The expectation seems futile...