At the beginning of the war vodka, the national spirit of Russia, was prohibited in Russia, and absinthe, the pernicious decoction of wormwood so popular in France, and similar liquors, temporarily, in France.
There is also an element of Carlyles having been in the right place at the right time just when the pernicious old dichotomy between gritty proletarian realism and English middle-class manners was being replaced, for a whole range of reasons, with a much more productive inclusiveness.
According to social-identity theory, this means that there is a multi-forked bias against us, which takes the form of that pernicious trident of hate - discrimination, stereotyping and prejudice.
Tom Burke, a former head of Friends of the Earth who worked as special adviser to several Conservative ministers, said: "The secondments are pernicious, but the real power is how they shape the discourse through the media – that is where their many lobbyists do their real work.
Jowell told the Guardian: "Too often when we look at inequality we focus exclusively on the vital issue of asset wealth, but actually just as pernicious is the inequality of capacity and capability – the unequal chances of realising potential.
But "the most pernicious aspect of private medical work … is the indirect effect it has on a consultant's NHS practice.
But where the most pernicious problem with zero-hours contracts lies is in their use as a management tool.
But while the "P-word" is ubiquitous in political analysis, most observers would be hard pressed to define where exactly legitimate democratic politics stops and pernicious populism begins.
Other more pernicious saviours are those US religious conservatives who have actively promoted homophobic ideologies across the world and are now pushing such legislation in the US.
The last decade has witnessed a surprising number of cities brought to the brink by the pernicious forces of water, wind, earth and fire, or in some cases, combinations of these.
But the most pernicious peddlers of apps are not the small guys but the publishing conglomerates whose apps are essentially crippled, disconnected mini-websites designed to make sure that users are corralled in ways that suit their publishers.
