Word: brutalize
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...three stars by the all-powerful Michelin guide. His Côte d'Or restaurant in the Burgundy region of France is a shrine to detail, to perfection on a plate. And like the other markets for dreams and happiness - films, say, or fashion or narcotics - it was a brutal pursuit. Loiseau had not taken a vacation in four years. He had planned one for this winter, but last week another French restaurant guide, GaultMillau, inexplicably reduced his ranking for the first time in his career. And he canceled his trip. On Monday, after presiding over the lunch service, Loiseau...
Parker said torture is less brutal than many other possible tactics used during...
...description of the wider benefits of ousting Saddam by touting his Thursday meeting with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai as Exhibit A in the case for regime-change. The urbane, moderate Karzai personifies the changes wrought in Afghanistan by the U.S. ouster of the Taliban - in which a brutal, mediaevalist regime was destroyed, allowing Afghans to hope for an end to more than two decades of civil...
...assuming the chairmanship of its Human Rights Commission, the U.N. has already slid beyond parody. That commission also includes such freedom-loving stalwarts as Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Syria, China, Vietnam, Sudan and Zimbabwe. How does one caricature an organization that allows some of the world’s most brutal, repressive dictatorships to lecture the West on human rights? It isn’t easy...
...Beanpot championship ceremony a week ago, the team did not skate the trophy around the ice. Few smiles were exchanged, except when the players knew the cameras were on them. For the most part, the team was just eager to get of the ice and heal from its brutal 4-3 victory over Brown...