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And if you see the Robinsin their dirty orange vestspatrolling the yard like thugs,
The nonstate actors range from 10 cent thugs such as Miller, who has merely shanghaied a small island, to world-class dastards such as Bin Laden, who runs a supranational organization, has loyalty to no government, owns a vast fortune and an armory of high-tech weapons, and is engaged in an elaborate conspiracy so secretive that we were not aware of it till it smacked us in the head.
Vigilance and combat are particularly essential to law enforcement and foreign policy, which must deal with thugs and tyrants, not thoughtless husbands.
Consider a scene in an Orlando hotel room, in which Ulee meets with Eddie (Steven Flynn) and Ferris (Dewey Weber), the two thugs who wish to extract from him a hidden stash of loot.
"American theater has surrendered to thugs," charges the New York Times ' Frank Rich.