Silvio Berlusconi stopped a recent programme because it was too nasty about the government.

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ECB's extravagance sparked fears that it knew about a nasty problem in European banking.

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There is a lot of room for uncertainty about how exactly it will play out, but not a lot of room for doubt about this: it will get nasty.

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With almost no hope left, the nation turned to Winston Churchill, the one man who had spoken the truth for years, saying nasty things about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, even though it cost him in terms of political success and personal reputation.

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There is understandable worry that cracking the door to considerations about parents' motives and capacities would blast it wide open for nasty, petty stereotypes and prejudices.

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The case is interesting not only because it highlights a nasty little conflict that mass-tort lawyers would prefer not to talk about.

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