Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first day of the trial, a juror admitted to the judge that the mere mention of blood made him ill. Since the case before the court involved a brutal gunshot murder, he was hastily excused. After 21 trial days and 70 witnesses later, the remaining eleven jurors brought in their verdict, ending the longest-and one of the most spectacular-murder trials in British legal history. Found guilty and sentenced to hang next week for the murder of Michael Gregsten last summer was James Hanratty, 25, a petty criminal and mental defective...
Although the present situation results in part from the temporary negligence or financial straits of many members, the U.N. must face a brutal fact: no nation will contribute to an operation which it considers contrary to its national interest. The refusal to pay a penny of the Congo costs by the Soviet Union, France, Belgium and South Africa exemplifies this fact...
...than any of his siblings, although he has difficulty in being able to love, especially as he must accept the taboo which prevents his declaring and consummating his passion for his half-sister Antonia. He harbors a just hatred for the police; while admitting his wrongdoings, he has suffered brutal torture at their hands, when they tried to make him confess to crimes he didn't commit...
...wall painter; his talent quickly advanced him from walls to designing lampshades to copying, old masters. The decorator sent Van Yelde to a German artists' colony where he discovered "painting as a language to translate the world and one's life." But his translations were so brutal and sad that no one wanted them, and when the Depression came, the decorator cut off Van Velde's stipend...
Nearly 800 staunchly partisan fans who packed the IAB gym witnessed a tough and brutal contest, with both teams pressing fiercely on defense and battling viciously for rebounds...