The usual caveat about asking opinions of people in thuggish, authoritarian regimes applies in her case. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Iran and the Shortcomings of International Human Rights Law] Reference
What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory. From Wordnik.com. [Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – June – 21] Reference
Which is the crudest kind of thuggish blackmail, often purveyed by the DLC type. From Wordnik.com. [Reid: "We Now Have The Timeline The Republicans Have Set"] Reference
"National Review" editor Rich Lowry has accused department officials of "thuggish" behavior. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2002] Reference
As the parent of a teen and a former teen myself, I have heard "thuggish" music and Kanye is not it. From Wordnik.com. [Jerk of the Year (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
After all as they are so "thuggish" no one will ever vote, in great enough numbers, for them will they?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It is my hope that steps have been taken to ensure this kind of thuggish behavior never happens again in this campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Apparent Rand Paul Supporter Stomps On MoveOn Member's Head (VIDEO) (UPDATED)] Reference
I note reference in the comments to his 'thuggish' mode of speech; along with the well worked 'knuckle dragging' cliches. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Both men were criticized for the violent and "thuggish" nature of their careers. From Wordnik.com. [Inside TV Blog] Reference
The latest documents show Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi made "thuggish" threats to halt all. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Perhaps it takes 'thuggish' people like Putin and Medvedev to 'run a vast unruly and ungovernable land like Russia !. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
If anyone thought this kind of thuggish behavior had ended with Tom DeLay leaving Congress, they got a rude awakening. From Wordnik.com. [DownWithTyranny!] Reference
"It is my hope that steps have been taken to ensure this kind of thuggish behavior never happens again in this campaign.". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Muammar Gaddafi made "thuggish" threats to halt all trade deals with the UK and harass embassy staff if Megrahi was not freed. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
He always said he found Thatcher and her accomplices ... rather 'thuggish', was the word he used. ". From Wordnik.com. [Country of the Blind]
He drew the men emerging from sewers and gave them thuggish beards. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
They want an extremist, hard-line, thuggish dictatorship in Lebanon. From Wordnik.com. [‘It’s Worth Dying For’] Reference
Some people think hit men aren't great witnesses because they're thuggish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2009] Reference
He rapidly turned Nigeria into a thuggish police state -- and an international pariah. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian Roulette] Reference
And and on the other hand, we have the thuggish dictator, the capo di tutti, getting in his way. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Somerville: Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving?] Reference
Does showing concern about the overall impact of extended benefits merit this thuggish dismissal?. From Wordnik.com. [The Unemployment Dilemma] Reference
Part of the reason was that Saddam -- irrational, blustering and thuggish -- was such an unlovable enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Bombs Over Baghdad] Reference
Mahdi cadres have gone after bad seeds like the Assassin, whose thuggish tactics have disgusted ordinary Iraqis. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Moqtada Makeover] Reference
Popularly known as the "red shirts," the UDD's rank and file is every bit as thuggish as the PAD's yellow-clad toughs. From Wordnik.com. [Thailand Slides Toward Civil War] Reference
Amid the chaos, the groups that can provide security tend to be the most thuggish and extreme in their political views. From Wordnik.com. [Losing the War, as Well as the Battle] Reference
Yabran surrounded himself with a phalanx of 30 thuggish security guards, some of whom had served as torturers for the junta. From Wordnik.com. [Death Of An Untouchable] Reference
He has become a thuggish racist who, at a dangerous moment in our history, is doing everything he can to fan the flames of hatred. From Wordnik.com. [MJ Rosenberg: New Republic Publisher: First Amendment Should Not Apply to Muslims] Reference
Given that he is an active player in the struggle against Burma's thuggish military regime, one might consider the name a nom de guerre. From Wordnik.com. [Burma’s Other Struggle] Reference
His National Democratic Party (NDP) is a tired machine bereft of ideas that bases its power on thuggish coercion and shameless patronage. From Wordnik.com. [After the Pharaoh] Reference
A thuggish figure who harbored literary pretensions, Chiang named his gulag "The Green Island Chalet," as if it were a scholarly retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Escaping Green Island] Reference
And he has that sort of college, preppy image that I think is a little bit more endearing to mainstream than 50's thuggish sort of image. From Wordnik.com. [Hip-Hop Stars Invent Rivalry to Sell Albums] Reference
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