The debate,in some cases,has turned ugly.

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In its closing weeks, the election campaign has turned ugly.

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Between them they have spent millions in campaign that has turned increasingly ugly, as NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

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Politics has turned correspondingly ugly.

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