It's been more than 40 years since Serge Gainsbourg, France's "dirty old man of pop" music, released his controversial album Histoire de Melody Nelson.

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The 400 or so officers at Rampart are mostly newcomers since the time Mr Perez was at his dirty work, thanks to the rapid turnover in the division.

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Since then she has played roles in films including Dirty Laundry and Malcolm X and in the TV series Clueless.

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The hood ornament on this jalopy is the rusted voice of Gonjasufi, who may just be the most unusual man on the mic since Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard.

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The pressurized-water design was a quick-and-dirty solution that we have been stuck with ever since.

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It has a dirty coffee cup in the center console that's been there I believe since 2009.

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Each lot thought, since our product was better (human nature), when the other guy won it was only by playing dirty.

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