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Old 28-Sep-2006, 08:15
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Default Re: Faustian deal

1 [Answered elsewhere]: trading short-term good for long-term evil

2 Indiscriminate cleansing - getting the baddies at the expense of getting the goodies too

3 Stir up an unwelcome thing. "Raise" is in the sense of "conjure up", and "bogey" is short for "bogey-man.

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