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For this, Dobson and Bauer denounced him as a power-hungry sellout.
"These people are so power-hungry and so shameless they'll do anything to win," Dole said at a rally in Glendale, Calif., the day after the debate (before leading the audience in the chant: "It's Our Money, It's Our Money, It's Our Money").
Yet another adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel produced by Barry Sonnenfeld ( Get Shorty , Out of Sight ). This one centers on a power-hungry rural judge (Beau Bridges) who happily doles out lengthy sentences--a "redneck Judge Judy" (Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly ). Critics call it the next Twin Peaks , citing its twisting plot lines, eccentric characters, and black humor.
Besides, even more telling than the views of academics are the images of Nixon in popular culture, where he remains resentful, paranoid, and ruthlessly power-hungry.
An essay argues that Boris Yeltsin is power-hungry, irresponsible, and unstable and that we should stop cutting him slack.