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  • Reconsiders the Wages of Sin Island Reliant Up.n Debauched Visits From Thirsty Saudis Looks to Clean Up. MANAMA, Bahrain -- Every weekend, bumper-to-bumper traffic blocks the causeway into this small island nation as visitors from nearby Saudi Arabia flock to delights unavailable at home: movie theaters, bars and, for some, commercial sex.

    Upon Sober Reflection, Bahrain 2009

  • Debauched Sloth: Absent a wholesale rejection of that jurisprudence which I suspect most commenters are unwilling to actually endorse, no matter how much they may enjoy barking at Jeff about his selection and framing of the issues in this case, the question is whether the rational basis test is an intellectually defensible standard.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: Rational Basis Test 2009

  • Promoted to Headline (H3) on 9/19/08: Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere" yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere"'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Why was Mica so skittish?

    Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere" 2008

  • As to the rational basis test, Debauched Sloth has it dead on.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Earn a Living: 2007

  • Although he was a serious patron of the arts, the duke was also known as Philippe the Debauched, a ruler who favored the company of actresses, courtesans, and rakes.

    The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

  • Although he was a serious patron of the arts, the duke was also known as Philippe the Debauched, a ruler who favored the company of actresses, courtesans, and rakes.

    The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

  • Although he was a serious patron of the arts, the duke was also known as Philippe the Debauched, a ruler who favored the company of actresses, courtesans, and rakes.

    The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

  • Although he was a serious patron of the arts, the duke was also known as Philippe the Debauched, a ruler who favored the company of actresses, courtesans, and rakes.

    The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

  • Debauched as his youth was, and free from all touch of heart or conscience -- for from his earliest boyhood he had been the pupil of rakes and fashionable villains -- well as he thought he knew all women and their ways, betraying or betrayed, this creature taught him a new thing -- a new mood in woman -- a new power which came upon him like a thunderbolt.

    A Lady of Quality 1896

  • Debauched as his youth was, and free from all touch of heart or conscience -- for from his earliest boyhood he had been the pupil of rakes and fashionable villains -- well as he thought he knew all women and their ways, betraying or betrayed -- this creature taught him a new thing, a new mood in woman, a new power which came upon him like a thunderbolt.

    A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

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