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  • Driving into the Teton Village ski resort near Jackson, Wyo., we circle around its seemingly endless parking lot, ringed by a pony corral, a dusty golf-course construction project and a big, funky bar called the Mangy Moose.

    Ski Luxe Beyond the Mangy Moose 2008

  • Mangy dogs scuttle through deserted alleys; men lounge listlessly in courtyards, seeking shade from the oppressive heat.

    Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province Declan Walsh in Sehwan Sharif 2010

  • His parents, their friends, everyone in their social milieu would say “`Arab jarab,” Which meant “Mangy Arab.”

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • His parents, their friends, everyone in their social milieu would say “`Arab jarab,” Which meant “Mangy Arab.”

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • His parents, their friends, everyone in their social milieu would say “`Arab jarab,” Which meant “Mangy Arab.”

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • In El perico sarmiento ( "The Mangy Parakeet") he mixed plot with didactic observations as he created an unusual but appealing character in the form of a mestizo vagabond.

    Mexico's Voltaire: José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776–1827) 2008

  • Mangy mutts tethered with heavy chains howled outrage at the dogs allowed to run free.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • Mangy horses slogged through the mud, some of the wagons they pulled squeaking and groaning under the weight of a load.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • Mangy mutts tethered with heavy chains howled outrage at the dogs allowed to run free.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • In El perico sarmiento ( "The Mangy Parakeet") he mixed plot with didactic observations as he created an unusual but appealing character in the form of a mestizo vagabond.

    Mexico's Voltaire: José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776–1827) 2008

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