Quarrelsome, erratic and libidinous, Pushkin had affairs, fought duels and challenged authority wherever he went.

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Unlike those for car insurance, the premiums are flat rates: the libidinous will pay the same as the uxorious.

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His most popular characters, the doggedly determined Mickey Mouse and the libidinous Donald Duck, represented the ordinary man's ability to triumph over any adversity, even a Great Depression.

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