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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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noun

The giving of credentials.

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hatchet job

Part of Speechnoun

A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.

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That article about the mayor is nothing more than a hatchet job.

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