Word: sordid
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...reporter spent a good part of the hour defending himself and his profession against accusations that the media focuses on the sordid side of politics...
...reporter spent a good part of the hour defending himself and his profession against accusations that the media focuses on the sordid side of politics...
...This sordid tabloid riddle went mainstream last week when Curry, who is black, slapped Morgan Stanley with a Wall Street-size $1.35 billion lawsuit. The complaint charges that co-workers at the investment bank subjected Curry to racial harassment and discrimination during the nine months he was employed there. Then, Curry claims, after he appeared nude in the April 1998 issue of Playguy, a gay magazine, he was fired on the assumption that he was homosexual. He says...
...sordid history of self-righteous paternalism, and its policy towards Cuba is no exception. Our longstanding trade embargo against our Communist neighbors to the south is a prime example of our formalized policy of starving people whose dictators we don't like. We have assumed, but not universally earned the right to be puritanical in our dealings with other nations...
...town rests in the gentle cradle of the hockey stick. But the purity of the game is threatened when the amateur team is challenged to a match by the New York Rangers. Can Mystery prove itself to the world and maintain its small town dignity? Your guess. Sex scandals, sordid secrets and snooping townspeople appease non-hockey fans...