Judge Moss added: "What concerns me is that it has got a very mean and manipulative streak to it.
Some of our best Presidents have had mean streaks of great width.
Behind his famous smile was a commanding general's temperament, which is a euphemism for "mean streak.' '
A division full of quality teams with mean streaks?
The Knicks had come after the Bulls for three years, with elbows flying, feet flailing, with antisocial talk and a very mean streak.
"There's a pretty mean streak of McCarthyism out there," Mr. Liu said.
They both have mean streaks and they both are tremendous competitors.
As more and more basketball players become valued for "mean streaks," long an ice hockey virtue, the specialness of male skaters begins to melt.
They are admirable athletes with mean streaks, which is the source of their competitive strength and of their basically unlovable image.
It's not religious fervor; it's just a very mean, cruel streak.