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What a nasty slider that was, delivered in a hokey, aw-shucks manner by a Federalist Society–approved conservative ideologue.

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Mr Beynon said he received "quite a nasty letter" last week telling him the number of horses on the cliffs would need to be reduced.

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Derry is a town supported by blue-collar factory jobs that come with the risk of nasty industrial accidents.

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Rival hip-hop magazines the Source and XXL are locked in an increasingly ugly feud that has reared its head in advertising boycotts, on rap records, and in nasty, over-the-top gangsta editorial slams against one another.

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He has largely steered clear of the aggressive tactics often associated with fellow activists like Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman, who in their heyday as activists often penned and publicized nasty letters to executives.

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