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Embracing the word "ugly" - so readily identified with everything popular design claims to have been a reaction against-seems a logical choice if we are to create a vision for the practice of design freed from the restrictions and prejudices of its past.
While we all eventually arrive at old and ugly - "ugly" is an entirely subjective judgment, of course, and for some of us, "body of a Greek god" counts as "ugly" - you're under no obligation to marry a man who's in a hurry to get there.— Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has just launched the same attack against RNC chairman Michael Steele, who dared to say that Steele considered himself the head of the Republican party rather than Limbaugh and that Limbaugh's mega-partisan rhetoric was at times "ugly" - with the same kind of language, tactics and accuracy that he has used against Democrats, moderate Republicans, independents and moderates for years.— The Moderate Voice
Whether you see it as beautiful or butt-ugly, the attention-getting style of the 2009 Acura TL is bestowed on a vehicle some $1,270 dearer than last year's model.— The Car Connection

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