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Any new layoffs tied to the shutdown combined with the workers who took the deferred resignation program could mean “a hideous employment report could be coming,” he said.

That was certainly the case when Roberts stamped on Wolves' Kevin Muscat after the Australian had injured Bellamy with a hideous tackle - and it wasn't just opponents who sought out the teenager for punishment.

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When culture stagnates, and the degradation of political life feeds back into that culture, it doesn’t merely stay the same; it degenerates into a hideous pastiche of itself.

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Also, I think the villa is hideous and the most fake moments are when everyone has to pretend it’s not.

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Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things.

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