Word: blunting
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...Lille Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. On a Pedestal I was pleased to read "Rubbing Shoulders With Lord Nelson" [Oct. 31], about the white marble nude sculpture of disabled artist Alison Lapper. That artistic addition to Trafalgar Square is one that should be appreciated by Londoners. Although the sculpture is very blunt, the decision to display it was excellent. Disabled people are frequently overlooked, and it is nice to see some appreciation for those who often face discrimination because of their physical condition. I was disappointed to read about the opposition to the sculpture. Everyone can benefit from recognizing the singular contributions...
...unshackled al-Jamadi's body from the window testified that blood gushed from his mouth and nose like "a faucet had turned on," flowing onto the floor where his hood now lay. The autopsy ruled that al-Jamadi's death was brought on by "blunt-force injuries" and "asphyxiation." Cyril Wecht, coroner of Allegheny County, Pa., and past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, examined the autopsy report and other records of the investigations and says, "The most likely cause of death was suffocation, which would have occurred when the sandbag was placed over Jamadi's head...
...Summers struck a markedly different tone than he had in past Faculty meetings, when he annoyed professors by appearing to leave them little say in Allston development. Asked at a meeting in November 2003 whether the Faculty would be allowed to vote on Allston plans, Summers replied with a blunt and, to many professors, jarring...
...thing: an unmistakable whiff of genius. This is a building to rank with the best to appear in the U.S. in the past few years, one to give Frank Gehry ideas. A sparkling enigma, it simultaneously cuts a sharp figure and demurely withdraws behind a camouflaged surface. Behind its blunt façade, glass-walled wedges of garden emerge inside. Herzog likes to compare it all to Kim Novak in Hitchcock's Vertigo, with her cool surface and her plunging secrets...
...type of person who watches horror movies, this is the epitome of the genre: it scares, it shocks, and it stays with you long after you’ve left the theatre. It also transcends the genre to explore themes of aging, love, and guilt. But, to be blunt, if you don’t like horror, this is not for you. And even if you’re a genre aficionado, once you’ve experienced the outer limits of this movie’s disturbed psyche, you’ll probably never want to watch it again...