But her bid to control prices, her rabble-rousing instincts and her scheming were all alarming.
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Everybody uses him, from the dishonest Lebowski to his scheming trophy wife, to the German nihilists.
This was a garden of cryptoinvasive perennials, each scheming for ascendance in its tiny, brickbound kingdom.
Morrissey was convicted of four felonies and a misdemeanor, including forgery and scheming to defraud Astor.
But the same scheming that had gone on eighty years ago was going on now.
Marshall was convicted in October of the most serious charges -- first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud.
The taxpayers pick up the tab and the perpetrators are free to continue scheming to undermine other still-viable funds.
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Matilda (the part is played by a rotating cast) lives with her greedy, scheming, vulgar parents, Mr. and Mrs.
What game is Margaery playing, and should Sansa trust her any more than she should trust the scheming Littlefinger?
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Scheming rivals have been known to ambush jockeys and even drug their horses.
Stella Petrovic, a scheming editor, is several rungs below Helena, a publishing-house CEO.
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He seemed to have reached a great age more by luck than scheming.
Potent in smaller roles are Zachary Finkelstein as the scheming Egyptian priest Mambre and Emily Righter as the Israelite Amenofi.
As soon as James Monroe was re-elected in 1820, half a dozen politicians began scheming to replace him in 1824.
Month after month, year after year, his warnings were downplayed or distorted, thanks to inept or scheming politicians and journalists.
The outrage this scheming provoked inside and outside the household also attested to Britain's uncertain regard for competition and success.
Thenardier , the smarmy and scheming innkeeper and his baleful wife do plenty to influence the plot line of Les Miserables.
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The scruffled figure is a scheming, bearded man on a telephone not unlike the looks of Fidel Castro and Ozzie Guillen.
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Today, Denmark Street has an edgy, slightly ramshackle feel that suits its heritage, awash with tattooed, pierced musicians bantering and scheming.
But the Hong Kong and Chinese governments regard Singapore as a rival to Hong Kong, perennially scheming to steal business away.
When you are scheming on how to trap the customer from finding the exit you are not building a long-term brand.
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During 13 years as the most scheming oil tycoon in Dallas, his face was one of the most easily recognised on television.
Marshall's former attorney, Francis Morrissey, was also convicted of five counts relating to the case, including forgery and scheming to defraud Astor.
Many believe that Russian scheming emboldened Azerbaijan to press Turkey into ditching plans to re-establish ties and reopen its border with Armenia.
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As Aleppo burns, expect a lot more foreign scheming behind the scenes.
But there is more scheming to come from Liu Bei and friends.
They give some backing to his contention that the state's electricity crisis was the product of deliberate scheming by Enron and other suppliers.
These relations deteriorated during the 2009 Afghan presidential elections, after which Mr. Karzai accused some Obama administration officials of scheming to oust him.
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