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The parents whose behavior was so crass that Los Angeles school consultant Sandy Eiges added a clause in her contract stating that the use of profanity could terminate their working relationship.

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The reigning Masters champion didn’t take such treatment quietly, clapping back at times with profanity or gestures of his own.

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He underscored his position with a burst of profanity, but he did promise to “go to war on this issue,” although he acknowledged that some fixing is in order.

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The version of Sheen defending his life in the two-part documentary is calm, even as he peppers his recollections with profanity.

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The woman calls him profanities, and asks, “Who let you in here?”

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