There are at least three things that make the rental-car business great for customers but utterly detestable for investors.

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There is always the human impulse to want to punish detestable behavior, even if the lingering threat from the miscreant is minimal.

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One of life's "acquirers" for Gogol, a major sin Chichikov turns out to be an inept acquirer, which makes him quite as interesting as he is detestable.

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British Liberal Democrat MEP Sir Graham Watson used the debate to attack the "detestable and irresponsible attitude" of the US and Canada, especially the latter's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol.

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Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called 'somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.

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In fact, south of the border the dish is something of an embarrassment: a 1950s epicurean guide to Central America defined it as "a detestable food passing itself off as Mexican, sold in the US from Texas to New York".

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Astounding, inspiring, at times detestable noise.

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Like detectives in every part of America and the world, they are often frustrated when they emotionally want to hold people accountable for certain detestable behavior but realize that there is no statute that allows a criminal charge to be made.

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