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Freidan died both disappointed and immensely pleased, that NYC Jews and bulldyke male animosity had defined their Lewinsky "comuppance".
Camille Paglia, still a big Obama supporter, loves Sarah and Todd as "powerful new symbols of a revived contemporary feminism." Ann Althouse 2008
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I mean, at the end of each of his Redwall books, when the chief Baddie gets his comuppance, you simply can NOT feel sorry about it.
Harry's House (and Harry's take-home pay) Roger Sutton 2006
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Mayer has been akin to a moustache-twirling villain from the very start and we've been wait for his comuppance.
Irish Blogs 2009
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