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Having selected Swamy for Parliament despite his unsavory reputation, the government’s failure to curb his indiscriminate attacks led to speculation that it had chosen him precisely to attack those– like Rajan – whom it wanted to undermine.
Given US President Donald Trump’s deep ties with unsavory Russian characters (themselves closely linked to Putin), Americans are deeply concerned about potential Russian influences in the US – matters that may be clarified by ongoing investigations.
Food has backstories, too, none more unsavory than this one: agricultural workers – the people who make dinner possible – are also the most likely to go to bed hungry.
Above all, it is about keeping the door open to deal with unsavory governments.
As a result, many unsavory aspects of Pakistan’s conduct went unchallenged by America, while its military and intelligence services were handsomely resourced.
The Democrats’ best bet is to let Trump take the lead on global affairs, however unsavory, and actively work to check and balance his actions.
It has interests to protect, and this often requires supporting unsavory regimes.
It is surely the case that the banks, along with rating agencies, mortgage underwriters, investment banks, and others, engaged in unsavory practices.
Otherwise, they could seek alternative relationships with the US’s adversaries or other unsavory players.
This unsavory brew was likely “spiced” with abundant small organic molecules such as amino acids, sugars, nitrogenous bases, and other typical components of biological constituents.
To be sure, living by Mill’s principle often requires protecting the rights of unsavory characters.
The problem, of course, is that affecting the trajectories of other societies is typically a difficult, long-term proposition; in the meantime, there are pressing global challenges that need to be addressed, sometimes with the assistance of unsavory regimes.
It is right for a democracy to repudiate a dictatorship, and the new Spanish law is cautiously drafted, but it is better to leave people free to express even unsavory political sympathies, for legal bans don’t foster free thinking, they impede them.
Since then, however, the focus of the discussion has shifted, as unsavory – and sometimes bizarre – aspects of the trade have come to light.
Trump, a would-be ally to the most unsavory and hated demagogues of our time, is being rejected worldwide.
Sarkozy’s chances are crippled by his unsavory character.
In the meantime, Manafort’s past as an adviser to and lobbyist for unsavory dictators around the world was catching up with him.
There were also his reported contacts with unsavory characters.
Much of the world is working to reduce its dependence on volatile or unsavory energy suppliers by adopting new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and increasing purchases from places like Australia, Norway, Qatar, and the United States, which has eased restrictions on the export of natural resources.
From its first appearance in 1943, Peronism was an unsavory mix of ingredients borrowed from European dictators--anti_Semitism, parades, militarism, all stiffened by a corrupt trade union base.
Now that power is becoming a tool of the unsavory agenda pursued by the Hindu chauvinists who enabled his rise.
But, following the episode between Rajan and the government – and considering the unsavory manner in which it played out – there is reason to worry that India, too, may now stumble in its economic governance.
Though some highly unsavory leaders were removed, what followed has been even worse.
Meanwhile, in the civil war in Syria, the Saudis (and the Qataris) have backed several unsavory Islamist groups, but still have not managed to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The brave Baltic countries – the “legality” of whose independence is reportedly being reviewed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, another unsavory pal of Tsipras – have not yielded to panic or succumbed to the temptation to burden others with their misfortune.
In other words, hazy language is necessary to obscure unsavory realities.
Because national, religious, and folk traditions are supposed to be protected across the Union, our unsavory habit of slaughtering squealing pigs can be preserved even as Romania enters the EU.
NEW DELHI – Judging by the unsavory exchanges between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers at the recent United Nations General Assembly, the already deeply troubled bilateral relationship has reached a new low.
This is unlikely to be the case for the PDVSA 2020 bond, because even retail investors with limited information should have been aware of the unsavory nature of the issuing regime.
To be sure, Vox comprises unsavory elements that would not be out of place in today’s reborn ethno-nationalist movements.
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