Word: bestial
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...leader purely by virtue of intellect; colorless, humorless, uncompromising and detached, without picturesque idiosyncrasies--but with the power of explaining profound ideas in simple terms." Then, having read that, to pick up Vladimir Nabokov's autobiography, Speak, Memory, in which the author, having fled the Soviet revolution, discusses the "bestial terror that had been sanctioned by Lenin --the torture- house, the blood-bespattered wall." Reed saw what he wished to see, Nabokov what he saw. One assumes that Gorbachev is no Lenin, except perhaps in intellectual bent, but the problem of perception remains. Today one takes a position between Reed...
Other corporations fail to follow Burr's lead, he says, because "they think humankind is lazy and bestial and won't do anything unless you beat them to death. We live with a 'boss' structure. But we've proved that if you give people space, room and freedom, you can get trustworthy behavior...
...editorial, and others who feel similarly, fail entirely to understand the scope of the problem It is no "bad taste" to degrade other people, nor is it "bad taste" to encourage vilent conquest as heterosexual intercourse In racist literature it is standard to portray the persecuted as bestial or subhuman to Nazis, Jews were "vermin," to the KKK Blacks are "apes." Such calculated dehumanization is essential to carrying out violence without guilty conscience. The Pi's references to women as "pigs" and "slobbering bovines" are not even remotely humorous, nor just in "bad taste"--they are dangerous...
...returned the salute of a young Marine. The President then declared, "I know there are no words to properly express our outrage and the outrage of all Americans at the despicable act. But I think we should all recognize that these deeds make so evident the bestial nature of those who would assume power if they could have their way and drive us out of that area." The U.S. must be more determined than ever, said the President, to ensure that such forces "cannot take over that vital and strategic area of the earth...
...because he lusts for the Greek owner's wife. The original discarded all ethnic and sexual references, using only the plot outline. You know how people fall in love in those old movies--a look and a kiss. It usually sufficed, but not when homicide was involved. Nicholson's bestial portrayal, with the re-inserted punching and humping, helps explain his character's otherwise condemnable acts. He doesn't want to kill the old Greek; he has to. Logic, morals, and restraint are out. Survival of the fiercest reigns...