Word: bloodlusts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...coffin," implying that more deadwood needed to be eliminated. When several editors were later chastised for letting Chandler's note be read to the open newsroom, some Times journalists talked of staging a one-day byline strike. "Downing is public enemy No. 1," said a reporter. "There's a bloodlust in the newsroom." Which probably means there will be more juicy headlines about the unsettled Times...
...came from that dark side of man's nature which most assuredly spans the boundaries of class and education. Theodore J. Kaczynski was a Harvard man, wasn't he? And I recall that Fidel Castro, Ted Bundy, and Dr. Josef Mengele were "educated" men. Schooling can't wipe away bloodlust and evil from the human spirit--it paints them nicer colors, making them all the more horrible indeed...
When I had tea with Lewis, I asked him why I've seen white fans boo black boxers for not throwing enough punches. He insisted that the crowds aren't racist, just full of bloodlust. He's right. I had hoped that after the Golota bout, civilized people like me would realize this and abandon boxing for nobler pursuits. Like watching catfighting lesbians on Jerry Springer for free...
Israeli officials have responded to the threat by issuing alerts and heightening security in crowded places. But, given the bloodlust after al-Sharif's death, even the most optimistic among them do not expect the quiet to hold indefinitely...
...People's Tragedy (Viking) In this tale of what went wrong with the Russian Revolution, Cambridge historian Orlando Figes deals vividly with starvation, disease, tribal hatreds, sociopathic bloodlust, religious mania, governmental terrorism and most other sources of human misery. Plus, Figes argues, stupidity ruled the times, quite literally in the stiff presence of Czar Nicholas II. A smarter leader might have led to a better 20th century...