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hatchet man |
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hatchet man a man who does the cruel or difficult things for someone else; someone who does someone else's dirty work. He served as the president's hatchet man and ended up doing all the dirty work. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Wall Street Journal, a Bush cheerleader, also reported on this story, but Bush and his hatchet men singled out the Times because it serves their political interests to attack a liberal newspaper. The hagiographers and the hatchet men have only begun to do their best--or their worst--on the already weathered marble bust of Rudolf Nureyev's reputation. Some of my colleagues are known as finance wizards who can get districts out of money trouble, school builders who can get bonds passed and facilities built or renovated, human relations specialists who can get the community involved in the school again, and even hatchet men or women who come to terminate certain onerous employees. |
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