Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...From Russia to Bangladesh, democracy is under assault. Democracy is also under assault here in the U.S., where our self-styled divinely selected Commander in Chief, George W. Bush, is leading us into a theocracy. Edward C. Smith, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania...
...problem is that those dangers lurk in so many forms: incest, rape, pedophilia, molestation, exploitation, exhibitionism, assault, voyeurism-it's enough to make a parent's head spin. The American Psychiatric Association differentiates between pedophiles who are sexually attracted to prepubescent children and child molesters who abuse children for reasons that may not even be sexually motivated. While child molesters are largely male and fit a certain stereotype-social misfit, living alone, unemployed, unable to form adult relationships-pedophiles could be anyone. They stalk playgrounds and schools, identify vulnerable children and spend much time "grooming" the victim. They...
...April 27, knocked out the websites of government departments, political parties, media groups and banks were a punishing blow to one of the world's most wired countries - and a stark warning to other nations of just how vulnerable the Internet is in the face of a sustained assault...
...major show of that military force this week, as a U.S. Navy flotilla carrying 17,000 sailors and Marines moved into the Persian Gulf. Carrier strike groups led by the U.S.S. John C. Stennis and the U.S.S. Nimitz were joined by the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard and its strike group. Planes from the two carriers and the assault ship are to carry out exercises, while ships run submarine, mine and other maneuvers...
...into his head, McCain was clearly eager to deliver it. The two men have been competitors for mere months, but in that short time, Romney's anchorman good looks and practiced ease have come to symbolize the exact type of carefully calibrated retail politics that provoked McCain's outsider assault on Bush in 2000. But his engagement with Romney on this level is more than just a mere gambit at a time that Romney has surged to the lead in Iowa polls - it's a genuine expression of the McCain campaign's irritation...