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As the decade of the 1980s wore on, the Soviet occupation left the realm of journalism and transformed into a Ramboesque struggle of holy warriors against the evil empire.
Paul Fitzgerald: The Biggest Jaw-Dropping Journalism Scandal of All? Paul Fitzgerald 2011
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To paraphrase Dragnet's Jack Webb, in the 2010 edition, which debuted on September 20th on CBS, the names have not been changed, but the plot has been dumbed down to an America that can only seem to digest Ramboesque testosterone-laced action and simple plot lines.
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To paraphrase Dragnet's Jack Webb, in the 2010 edition, which debuted on September 20th on CBS, the names have not been changed, but the plot has been dumbed down to an America that can only seem to digest Ramboesque testosterone-laced action and simple plot lines.
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Too often Hollywood has also succumbed to a Ramboesque parochial populism that displays naivete, ignorance and arrogance in its portrayal of the rest of the world.
Nathan Gardels: Hollywood In the World: America's Once-Winning Story is Now Losing 2008
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Michael grabbed Galit, who had Christy in some manner of Israeli Ramboesque stranglehold.
Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007
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Michael grabbed Galit, who had Christy in some manner of Israeli Ramboesque stranglehold.
Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007
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And this is not cause I'm sort of Ramboesque never-quit agent.
Archive 2006-04-30 Miss Snark 2006
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What we won't be doing is indulging - as our critics would desire - in Ramboesque posturing, defining a hairy-chested role for ourselves before asking the basic question of what the objective should be.
Indonesia, East Timor and Australia: New Challenges, Enduring Interests 1999
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Maybe its all that Ramboesque, crazy assed, shoot everything in sight attitude of the US soldier that at the very least enables them to stay awake while on guard duty. (end sarcasm)
StrategyPage.com 2009
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McCain’s quest for honor is bankrupting our nation for his Ramboesque ideals.
Obama Remark ‘Elitist,’ McCain Says - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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