Word: bloodlusting
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...plot moves towards an inevitably tragic conclusion, strange alliances form, as between Sweeney and Lovett—who realize a gruesomely efficient way to capitalize on the barber’s growing bloodlust and Lovett’s need to add “something special” to her failing pie business...
...Whatever the source of the new bloodlust, it is eroding the Maoists' earlier popular support. Villagers initially found the Maoists' opposition to the corrupt and self-serving ruling ?lite appealing and approved of their campaigns to ban alcohol and hashish and end age-old discrimination against women. That support is now all but gone, opening the avenue for Deuba to win back the public. Last week he promised sweeping social, economic and constitutional reforms, building on a package of land-reform measures passed last summer. But in the short term, the war continues to escalate. And while the eventual winner...
...days after the attacks, the White House was worried about too much "bloodlust" from the American people. Now it fears the public will lose its focus on the war and begin brooding about the economy, leading to an erosion in support much like the President's father suffered. Bush's advisers have pored over polls showing how long previous Presidents have enjoyed wartime spikes in popularity--and discovered that they never lasted more than 10 months. Which is why Bush may never have a better chance than this to get big things done at home. The next time he gives...
...days after the attacks, the White House was worried about too much "bloodlust" from the American people. Now it fears the public will lose its focus on the war and begin brooding about the economy, leading to an erosion in support much like the President's father suffered. Bush's advisers have pored over polls showing how long previous Presidents have enjoyed wartime spikes in popularity-and discovered that they never lasted more than 10 months. Which is why Bush may never have a better chance than this to get big things done at home. The next time he gives...
...moment that his death appeared more certain it also seemed all the more just. People who reject the death penalty, who teach their children not to use the word hate, who believe in balancing justice with mercy, who prize due process--people, in other words, unaccustomed to bloodlust--now watch the daisy cutters shave the White Mountains bald and see the smoke curl and await the news that the monster in the cave has claimed his last human sacrifice...