We had not expected such vicious tactics from an Erb, had we?

The thug was copying the vicious tactics of his master.

"Abacha escalated his vicious tactics to decimate the country's once thriving independent press and drive scores of journalists into exile," the committee said.

The South African Government is still using its vicious tactics against a peaceful defiance campaign.

The Washington Post recently claimed that Welch was responding to the "vicious tactics" of "the Hill's most notorious scandalmonger, distorting the truth and wrecking reputations without remorse."

"It is a vicious tactic," said a monitor, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Million-dollar-a-year investment bankers have been complaining indignantly for more than a year that the Government was employing vicious tactics in its investigation, like handcuffing suspects or using rough negotiating techniques.

"Today's decision should effectively put an end to a vicious and counterproductive prosecutorial tactic," said Howard Simon, executive director of the Civil Liberties Union in Michigan.

Charles Mitchell eschews such vicious tactics.