Word: aftermath
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...things that's striking about the film is the viciousness in the immediate aftermath of the war of the persecution of people thought to be collaborators - they're the most appalling images in the film...
...coming days, the number killed is expected to climb well beyond the toll of 30 reported in the early aftermath of the disaster. For those thousands now camping out on higher ground or sheltering under plastic sheeting, food, water, medicines and other supplies can't come quickly enough...
We’ve gone from shielding children’s eyes from the awfulness of Jerry Springer during its prime in the late 1990s to a campaign against violent video games to the famed censorship crusade of former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Michael Powell in the aftermath of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “incident” three years ago to decrying “Heroes,” “Lost,” and “Prison Break...
BOWING OUT Louisiana's firstfemale Governor, once popular Southern Democrat Kathleen Blanco saw her star fall in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when she was roundly lambasted for a plodding, tuned-out response to evacuating and assisting victims and for fumbling poststorm recovery efforts. Blanco announced that "after much thought and prayer," she had decided not to seek re-election...
...Blanco retained the mannerisms of the Cajun Country high school teacher she once was even as she rose through the ranks of Louisiana politics to become, in 2003, the state's first female governor. And those qualities served her well until Hurricane Katrina hit. In the storm's chaotic aftermath, when Louisianans craved strong leadership, she came across as weak and indecisive. Blanco's performance earned her the dubious title of one of TIME magazine's "worst governors"; as her approval ratings plummeted, so did the Democratic governor's prospects for a second term...