Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think of their politics as urbane and fairminded. In large measure, they are. But at times the heirs of Cromwell and Pitt are apt to be more virulent than the heirs of Jackson and Truman. British political leaders can deftly cut each other's throats with the most brutal verbal slashes, and British political crowds can raise the fine democratic art of heckling to riotous dimensions. This happened once again in the windup of Britain's election campaign, suggesting that beneath the initially apathetic contest there was really a good deal of passion...
...demotion and a fine of up to 20% of his salary for one year. But if his job record is bad, his sentence is certain to be severe: two years in prison camp is standard punishment for petty larceny, ten years for grand larceny, and the firing squad for brutal murderers...
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED. A maiden ventures down the primrose path and stumbles over the brutal Sicilian social code in Director Pietro Germi's savage tragicomedy, which is more biting but perhaps a bit less bubbly than his memorable Divorce-Italian Style...
...most forthright remarks came from Chancellor Ludwig Erhard: "Today we Germans are reminded of the calamity of 1939 with special force because it was unleashed in our name by a brutal ruler. It is quite clear that Hitler carries the prime guilt for World War II . . . The words which the German leadership then spoke in blind arrogance, hatred and megalomania betray such hubris and gross disregard for realities that this happening must remain a constant lesson and warning to future generations...
...when Pinkerton Agent McParlan, posing as a murderer on the run from Buffalo police, wormed his way into the high councils of the Molly Maguires. It was later charged that McParlan acted as an agent provocateur and deliberately whipped up bloodshed. The attacks also changed character: from reprisals against brutal or dishonest mine bosses, the Mollies turned to capricious, Mafialike assaults on anyone who offended one of their band...