1 # 10 (# 5 on the cover ), Cat-Man encountered Katie Conn, an 11-year-old circus acrobat who fell under the guardianship of her unscrupulous uncle after her parents died in a fire.

Eventually, with the aid of an unscrupulous African-American lawyer, Wilson, Berry is able to obtain solid evidence showing Karen Randall's uncle ( who had already performed three previous abortions for her ) to be the culprit.

Arlington was a typical statesman of the Restoration, possessed outwardly an attractive personality, and according to ( Sir William ) Temple " the greatest skill of court and the best turns of art of particular conversation ," but thoroughly unscrupulous and self-seeking, without a spark of patriotism, faithless even to a good cause, and regarding public office solely as a means of procuring pleasure and profit.

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage ( Terry-Thomas ) is the unscrupulous rogue flying an Avro Triplane who " never leaves anything to chance ".

The draining of the Ancholme Level was a lesser project among the fenland " improvements " undertaken under contracts to patentees by the government of Charles I in the 1630s ; " With the possible exception of the Ancholme Level the draining of the fens was executed and defended by a continuous and unscrupulous use of the power and authority of the royal government to manipulate local institutions and to overawe the local populace.

He threw in his lot as bodyguard to the future Duke of Milan, Francesco II Sforza, who had been reinstated in Milan by Emperor Charles V. The Medeghino gained a reputation for unscrupulous violence in the Sforza pay ; in partial recompense, he was made Marquis of Marignano on 28 March 1528 ( by Imperial patent and confirmed by Francesco Sforza II, Duke of Milan ), and also Marquis of Musso and Lecco.

Saloon owner Kent ( Brian Donlevy ), the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck, has the town's Sheriff, Keogh, killed when the Sheriff asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game.

Thomas Young's work is acknowledged in Champollion's 1822 Lettre à M. Dacier, but incompletely, according to British critics: for example, James Browne, a sub-editor on the Encyclopædia Britannica ( which had published Young's 1819 article ), contributed anonymously a series of review articles to the Edinburgh Review in 1823, praising Young's work highly and alleging that the " unscrupulous " Champollion plagiarised it.

The film tells the story of Bud Fox ( Sheen ), a young stockbroker desperate to succeed who becomes involved with his hero, Gordon Gekko ( Douglas ), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider.

To dig up dirt about Nancy, Randall assigns an unscrupulous reporter, " Reverend " T. Vernon Isopod ( Boris Karloff ), who wears a clerical collar as a device to win the confidence of the bride's parents on the eve of the wedding.

As tensions mount, Ryker hires Jack Wilson ( Jack Palance ), an unscrupulous, psychopathic gunslinger, who laughs at the thought of murder.

On television, Richards also appeared in Miami Vice ( as an unscrupulous bookie ), Cheers ( as a character trying to collect on an old bet with Sam Malone ), and made several guest appearances with Jay Leno as an accident-prone fitness expert.

New characters included the charming and ambitious Farnsworth " Dex " Dexter ( Michael Nader ), the unscrupulous playboy Peter De Vilbis ( Helmut Berger ), and Blake's illegitimate African American half-sister, Dominique Deveraux ( Diahann Carroll ).

Consequently, Salomey is frequently targeted by unscrupulous sportsmen, hog breeders and gourmands ( like J. R. Fangsley and Bounder J. Roundheels ), as well as unsavory boars with improper intentions ( such as Boar Scarloff and Porknoy ).

He explored the Land of the Young ( Irish Tír na nÓg ) in the company of an unscrupulous dwarf called Ukko ( Finnish for " old man ", and the name of the Finnish pagan Thunder god ), fighting monsters and mercenaries in the fantasy tradition.

His most powerful friend was Isaac de Laffemas ( d. 1657 ), one of Cardinal Richelieu's most unscrupulous agents, and he was on friendly terms with the poet Théophile de Viau, who addressed him in some verses placed at the head of his Théâtre ( 1632 ), and Tristan l ' Hermite had a similar admiration for him.

David and the Doctor are also heading for the same destination, but are confronted by Brockley ( Philip Madoc ), an unscrupulous smuggler, who seizes their rifle in exchange for a promise to get them safely into the complex.

When Lerma fell from power in 1618, his status as cardinal ( which he had acquired for exactly this purpose 6 months earlier ) give him immunity from prosecution by his numerous enemies, who instead turned on Lerma's trusted and unscrupulous secretary, Rodrigo Calderón ( d. 1621 ), who as Lerma's agent was made a scapegoat.

), same cannot be said for their female counterparts as the market situation for them might be unscrupulous ( sex work or domestic service ).

* 1934: Medford Mail Tribune ( Oregon ), " for its campaign against unscrupulous politicians in Jackson County, Oregon.

Undershaft's unscrupulous sale of weapons to any and all bidders, as well as his government influence and more pertinently his company's method of succession ( to a foundling rather than a son ), tie him especially to Krupp.

They accept it and start working with the editor, Shobha Sen ( Bhakti Barve ), on a story exposing the dealings between an unscrupulous builder, Tarneja ( Pankaj Kapoor ), and corrupt Municipal Commissioner D ' Mello ( Satish Shah ).

In December 2009, USADA launched Supplement Safety Now, in partnership with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), the National Hockey League, the U. S. Olympic Committee and other national sports and health organizations, to end, what the founding organizations feel, is the existence of dangerous and unscrupulous practices of “ rogue ” manufacturers within the nutritional supplement industry.

Rich but insecure, and with two failed marriages behind her, she marries a handsome but unscrupulous younger man, tennis pro Greg Marsden ( James Reyne ).

The opposition was appalled, with the Richmond Whig for example, referring to him as " the vilest radical and most unscrupulous demagogue in the Union.

The 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia remarks that " Undeniably secular and ambitious, his moral life was not above reproach, and his unscrupulous methods in no wise accorded with the requirements of his high office ... the heinous crimes of which his opponents in the council accused him were certainly gravely exaggerated.

Even in his own time, forgeries and unscrupulous editions of his work were a problem, prompting him to write On his Own Books.

However, Dyett was popular with the rural population, who respected him for protecting them from unscrupulous planters.

The habit of comparing him unfavourably to William Cecil was continued by Conyers Read in 1925: " Leicester was a selfish, unscrupulous courtier and Burghley a wise and patriotic statesman ".

Laughton's early success in The Private Life of Henry VIII established him as one of the leading interpreters of the costume and historical drama parts for which he is best remembered ( Nero, Henry VIII, Mr. Barrett, Inspector Javert, Captain Bligh, Rembrandt, Quasimodo and others ); he was also type-cast for arrogant, unscrupulous characters.

" Soon, Menshikov was arrested ( 21 September 1727 ); but Peter only fell into the hands of the equally unscrupulous Prince Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov, who carried him away from Petersburg to Moscow.

Cassander has been perceived to be ambitious and unscrupulous, and even members of his own family were estranged from him.

The future prime minister Neville Chamberlain wrote in his diary that she was " an entirely unscrupulous woman who is not in love with the King but is exploiting him for her own purposes.

In some strips, when he displays an above-average intelligence, or at least exhibits surprisingly original and cunning ( albeit unethical or unscrupulous ) thinking, Dilbert calls him a resourceful idiot.

Fortunately, like Scott, he had unscrupulous friends who assured him that his last efforts were his best.

Many of his political speeches were published in pamphlet form, and they show him to have been a vigorous and effective, though somewhat unscrupulous and often virulently personal, party debater.

At the same time, this did not stop him from putting " the unwary on their guard " against the deceits of unscrupulous men.

His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity.

The unscrupulous advisers of Philip were quick to take advantage of the Pope's hasty language and, by forcing him to make explanations, put him on the defensive and weakened his prestige.

Over time, he seemed to have become convinced that his interests and those of Georgia were the same, justifying the use of unscrupulous tactics in the apparent belief that Georgia could not survive without him.

According to Haggard's daughter Lilias, the phrase " She-who-must-be-obeyed " originated from his childhood and " the particularly hideous aspect " of one rag-doll: " This doll was something of a fetish, and Rider, as a small child, was terrified of her, a fact soon discovered by an unscrupulous nurse who made full use of it to frighten him into obedience.

Harper's Weekly warned that Bryan would be a puppet of Altgeld, whom it referred to as “ the ambitious and unscrupulous Illinois communist .” However Bryan, who was being hurt by Republican charges that he was a stooge for Altgeld, avoided the governor and did not endorse him.

His physical appearance and suave voice made him perfect for the role of the slick politician, shyster businessman, crooked sheriff, or unscrupulous lawyer.