Word: abjectly
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...Ultimately, Scully argues, such abject cruelty ceases to be a partisan issue. Few people can rationally justify such conditions, and yet the majority of us implicitly support them by buying products from factory farms—which today produce the vast majority of America’s pork, chicken, and eggs...
...Zimbabwe's Torment Readers may wonder how it is that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has dragged his country into economic collapse and abject poverty, yet millions of Zimbabweans still support him [June 30]. This is because in Africa, tribal feeling remains powerful. The chief of your tribe can do no wrong, and African culture demands that he be supported at all costs. Western nations are justifiably horrified by what is happening in Zimbabwe, but they should bear in mind that the Mugabe regime came to power with their support. Watch South Africa: Its economy and social framework are rapidly following...
Revelations of kinky sex leave many prominent celebrities blubbering abject apologies. Not Max Mosley. The British multi-millionaire and Formula One boss insists there's no shame in a little hanky-spanky, and he has sued the tabloid News of the World for suggesting otherwise. This week he has been testifying with remarkable sang-froid in his defamation and invasion of privacy suit before London's High Court...
...most recent work was directing this month’s production of “Blasted” at the American Repertory Theatre (ART). The play, filled with moments of sexualized brutality, served as her senior thesis along with a writing component, entitled “Theater of the Abject: The Powers of Horror in Sarah Kane’s ‘Blasted.’” Lloyd-Bollard, who is a Women, Gender, and Sexuality concentrator, stumbled upon the intersection of her extracurricular and academic interests, saying, “I got really interested in where...
...that hurts everyone one from farmers in the developing world to American taxpayers. The ineffectual farm subsidies could potentially be justified if they promoted a more equitable distribution of resources. However, they seem to be doing exactly the opposite. While the subsidy programs were initially created to combat the abject poverty facing many farm families in the Great Depression, times have changed dramatically. In 2006, average farm household income was $76,654, 17 percent higher than the average U.S. household income. In 2008, the disparity is projected to grow even larger, as average farm incomes soar to a whopping...