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So many Alternet articles, articles reprinted here, accomplish nothing more, judging by the anonymous blogger-reactions, than whipping out the smears against those few they define as the villains.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Array, Huffington Post 2009
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At least Michael Moore tried to interview the people he was calling villains.
Think Progress » Path to 9/11 Writer Admits Controversial Scene Was ‘Improvised,’ ‘Accidents Occur’ 2006
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HOWARD: There are a number of what I would call villains.
The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America 1995
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A whole bunch of companies are identified as villains.
LXer Linux News Dana Blankenhorn 2009
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Not only was he one of the most methodical of men, carrying into domestic and public life the habits which he had learned in his mercantile experience, but he was always watchful to advance his own interests, and to circumvent the plans of the large number of men in various stations in life whom he regarded as personal enemies and described as villains.
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In fact, the characters spend most of the novel quite literally not making progress, either geographically or psychologically, and both calendar time and nature qualify as the novel's deadliest "villains."
The Ungodly 2008
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In fact, the characters spend most of the novel quite literally not making progress, either geographically or psychologically, and both calendar time and nature qualify as the novel's deadliest "villains."
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Season 9 of Smallville returns to the CW this fall; so far it’s shaping up to be a pretty kick-ass season, with Metallo and Zod now confirmed as the main villains.
Smallville to Kneel Before Zod « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Then followed the improvised scene, of an attack by the police, and a repulse by the "villains."
The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real Laura Lee Hope
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Thereupon the manager explained that he would turn the police to good advantage, and have them interfere in the attack, only to be outdone by the "villains."
The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real Laura Lee Hope
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