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  • noun Plural form of nasty.

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  • Additionally, unless you spend the money to capture and sock away the CO2 and other nasties from the gasification or liquefaction process, you are just drinking a more exotic cocktail from the bar on the Titanic.

    Think Progress » NPR’s Liasson Falsely Claims “It’s Democrats, Not Just Republicans Taking Money From Abramoff” 2006

  • The first drastic departure from formula sends you through a series of planetary trenches, taking down turrets and other nasties, which is great fun when you're not struggling with the same mission's troublesome visual slowdown.

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

  • "nasties" - Roosevelt was careful not to alienate Stalin, even when he saw where Moscow was headed-is the only way to contain even greater evil. essay denounces the Obama administration's financial regulation proposals.

    Slate Magazine 2009

  • While the $14.00 price tag is high for nail polish, we're obsessed with the hip colors and no chemical 'nasties' formulary from Butter London.

    Rosalyn Hoffman: 5 Simple Mother's Day Gifts for Every Budget 2010

  • While the $14.00 price tag is high for nail polish, we're obsessed with the hip colors and no chemical 'nasties' formulary from Butter London.

    Rosalyn Hoffman: 5 Simple Mother's Day Gifts for Every Budget 2010

  • LaRouche said Frankhouser is "a good man on security" who works to spot "nasties" who pose threats.

    The level of stupid is just awesome. CC 2009

  • LALAMA: Well, my vote is - I have a whole new category called the "nasties" and that ` s for Lindsay ` s behavior off screen last year.

    CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2008 2008

  • No doubt, someone will tell me if this is not Basra, but even then it is difficult to see where the "nasties" might hide an IED.

    The mean streets of Basra Richard 2006

  • Thus it is he who conveys the particularly noxious view that the Army's continued presence has now become part of the problem, inviting the obvious and intended conclusion that, if only all the troops ran away, the "nasties" would stop doing nasty things like shooting at them, mortaring them and blowing them up with concealed roadside bombs.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Richard 2007

  • ASDA unit of Wal-Mart Stores WMT.N and Marks & Spencer will join Tesco and also Sainsbury to ban and limit aspartame, MSG, artificial flavors dyes preservatives additives, trans fats, salt "nasties" to protect kids from ADHD:

    Alcohol James Killus 2007

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