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  • What questions would you like to ask the Representative of Repulsive, the Squire of Squalid, the Sultan of the Sullied?

    Any questions for Mike Rowe, host of 'Dirty Jobs'? | EW.com 2009

  • Squalid, brutal and murderous as they were, the Nazis retain a sinister and disturbing glamour.

    In the World of Night and Fog Allan Massie 2011

  • Freeland was founded in 980 AD by someone whose Old Norse name could be translated as 'Erik the Squalid' or even 'Erik the Shitty,' but who is known to history, if at all, as 'Erik the Other,' to distinguish him from a better-known Icelandic counterpart.

    Off the record 2009

  • -- Suicide Exposes Squalid Conditions in Privately-Run Texas Prison; Company Operates in 15 States, JOHN MILLERIt is no surprise that filthy rich, GOP robber barons would find big bucks in the prison business, a process that begins when the 'state' outsources every aspect of penal industry -- prison construction, staffing, operation.

    Gulag Nation: Over One in One Hundred Americans Are in Prison 2008

  • Got a little rap on his knuckles for not warning the Eleven Squalid Tory Shysters he was going to mention them in his speech.

    Tony Lloyd MP: Fingers Tory Shadow First Eleven Funds 2008

  • Squalid behavior by Caroline and the king exposed Wilberforce to more mockery, as an innocent out of his depth in a political crisis.

    The Slave Trade's Great Enemy 2008

  • Squalid, unpainted houses were braced against the denuded mountain by wooden stilts.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • Squalid, unpainted houses were braced against the denuded mountain by wooden stilts.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • Squalid, unpainted houses were braced against the denuded mountain by wooden stilts.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • * Squalid conditions at Walter Reed's out-patient living quarters ...

    Flags Fly in Face of Feds Disrespect For Fallen G.I.s 2007

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