Bartlett applies his down-and-dirty, black-humored and trenchant approach to the concept of business employment as survival of the fittest.

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Besides a clear disagreement with West Coast rapper Kreayshawn, Harry Winston looks to have decided to ditch the glam-world of high-end jewelry retail and switch to the down-and-dirty realm of the diamond mine.

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Fierce self defense is fierce self love- down and dirty style.

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In a nutshell, the idea behind the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center is to bypass diplomatic inertia and endless compromise that might eventually lead to multi-country agreements (buh-bye, COP16) in favor of getting down and dirty themselves.

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Kellogg also says FEMA didn't supply equipment--rubber gloves, boots and coveralls--to protect rescue workers as they washed down animals soaked in dirty floodwaters.

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We're lookin' to you to spill the beans on picture quality, customer service, uptime, perceived value -- the down and dirty details that can only be found by interrogating others.

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This week's carnage in the fortress at Mazar-e-Sharif shows just how deep down and dirty the CIA has got.

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The tactics of the conflict were down and dirty, with rival teams forced to hide recruits from their cross-league rivals in a de facto witness protection program.

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