• Rawdon Crozier, representing Zanharie, from Kennington Road, south London, claimed he had been exploited by cynical and evil people.

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  • Can the French public, by turns cynical and appalled, now take a break from the diet of political and financial scandal?

    ECONOMIST: Not for long in prison��but who will follow him?

  • Luke Dorn was close to breaking the line, only to be downed by a cynical Tomkins tackle which earned a severe ticking off from referee Steve Ganson.

    BBC: Harlequins 12-36 Wigan

  • The plum market sector of 45-65 year-olds is now half regenerated, and every year that goes by the singed cynical private investors immolated by the crash of 2000 are passing out of the investment generation and replaced.

    FORBES: Sharks, Sardines And 'The Year For Equities'

  • The problem, shared in varying degrees by all three nations, is the widespread belief, held by both the cynical and the naive, that government can increase our productivity and welfare by becoming itself an active participant in our economic affairs.

    FORBES: Three Examples (Or Is It One) Of How To Have A Lower Standard Of Living

  • Mr Megrahi may be the beneficiary of flawed reasoning by a naive Scottish administration or of cynical manoeuvring by the British government.

    ECONOMIST: The Lockerbie controversy

  • All of which might have been just another case of bureaucratic corruption, dismissed by an ever cynical public.

    ECONOMIST: Japan

  • If this sounds too cynical by half, I dare you to print out the whole of the US tax code on your home printer.

    FORBES: Scrap The IRS?

  • Alan McCombes denied being cynical by talking to the press and insisted he did so to protect the party from Mr Sheridan's "smears and lies".

    BBC: Court hears Tommy Sheridan denied sex club claims

  • Now, legislators risk looking politically cynical by seeking to weaken the measures enacted to try to force them to confront tough questions regarding deficit reduction, such as changes to government programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Now, legislators risk looking politically cynical by seeking to weaken the measures enacted to try to force them to confront tough questions regarding deficit reduction, such as reforms to popular entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • It certainly appears that in the case of Syria Russia is motivated purely by the most cynical considerations imaginable including weapons sales, the use of a military base, and a general desire to play the spoiler to any Western diplomatic and military initiatives.

    FORBES: Russian Policy Towards Sudan and Syria: Genuine Diplomacy or Unmatched Cynicism?

  • The fact that somebody like Usmani could penetrate HSBC and Dow Jones and only through public humiliation get kicked off of those boards and then, of course, replaced by his son has got to be, you know, one of the most cynical moves by a financial institution that I can ever recall.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • This sentiment is largely the result of Kremlin propaganda, which over the past decade has cultivated the image of Russia as a fortress besieged by foreign enemies, and installed a cynical view that everybody is motivated by greed.

    ECONOMIST: Russia

  • The young are driven by sentiment, while cynical and power-hungry interests use them for cannon fodder.

    NPR: A Poet Returns to Turkey in 'Snow'

  • But Exiles half-backs Richards and Catt quickly took control, Richards winning a penalty converted by Hewat after a cynical block from Sweeney.

    BBC: Dragons 17-45 London Irish

  • But nonetheless, human-rights groups were quick to denounce Thursday's parliamentary vote as a cynical ploy by politicians to rein in Spain's crusading judiciary.

    BBC: Spain reins in crusading judges

  • Mr. BECKER: This is a cynical effort by auto companies to evade the law that would reduce our oil dependence and global warming pollution.

    NPR: 'Flex-Fuel' Concept Fails to Deliver on Potential

  • Paddy Power also voiced its opinion on Twitter: "We think this is a hysterical and deeply cynical move by Uefa driven by pure commercialism!"

    CNN: UEFA sees red over Bendtner's underpants

  • There is no doubt that British consumers have the impression they are regularly being ripped off by international cartels using cynical price-fixing measures to steal the last penny out of their wallets.

    BBC: Byers looks to hit rip-off Britain

  • Journalists, are by and large, a cynical lot.

    FORBES: Of Manti Te'o, Lance Armstrong and The End of Trust

  • Writing this waiting to fly home, back to a country grown cynical and jaded by the petty futility of the political process, it is good to remember that politics in South Africa saved a country.

    FORBES: Miracle Rising: Political Renaissance in South Africa

  • It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

    NPR: Transcript Of Barack Obama's Victory Speech

  • President-elect BARACK OBAMA: It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

    NPR: Obama Must Manage Great Expectations

  • The movie's leisurely, elegant setup makes its action payoff seem, by contrast, particularly mechanical, cynical and grotesque.

    WSJ: Denzel Does Malice

  • Are they little more than cynical posturing, animated by the perceived need to demonstrate toughness as a prospective Commander-in-Chief?

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Incoherence on deterrence

  • This is a cynical and shameful attempt by the government to earn money from a relationship breakdown and to try and make savings.

    BBC: Parents face fees for child maintenance rulings

  • It turns out to be a company town inhabited mainly by elves whose saccharine ways the cynical Fred, laboring alongside them, tries to shake up.

    NEWYORKER: Fred Claus

  • Many viewed this as both a cynical and shrewd move by Huffington given that AOL would have surely preferred to pay using its shares rather than a large percentage of its cash.

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  • So even if this is a cynical and calculated dinner hosted by a president in danger of losing political altitude, I'll take it.

    CNN: Obama woos GOP, finally

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