And so, you know, it's a little ugly, but to some extent, it's working.

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And it is also true that the action did get a little ugly there for a while mid-morning.

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"It got a little ugly, " says Ms. Hausman, 44 years old, adding that she ended up buying her partner out.

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Last summer, the stand-off got a little ugly.

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It seems as though every time you want to be a modernist you have to make something a little bit ugly.

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From outside, a little of the ugly orange East Berlin street lighting filtered in, and the objects in the room seemed to quiver slightly.

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That is, Romney might have paid a little tax on a lot of money made in a very ugly way.

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That really impressed me and made me feel a little ashamed for thinking the houses ugly.

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"I've been here long enough to experience a little bit of good, some bad and some ugly, but I am 100 percent confident and just crazy excited about the direction we are going with some of the young players we have, " Wright said.

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This was an ugly game with little rhythm, seven yellow cards and a red one in the waning moments for Irish midfielder Keith Andrews.

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