Word: brutalize
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...After a brutal stretch of four consecutive road losses to the best teams in the Ivy League, the Harvard men’s basketball team was looking forward to feasting on a home-cooked meal of traditional Ivy cupcakes Columbia and Cornell...
...former herders like Bayarsakhan, the transition to city living has been wrenching. He grew up in Gobi-Altai province to the south, where his family had raised livestock for generations. Four summers ago, however, a severe drought was followed by an early frost, then a brutal winter with high winds. Mongolians have a name for this: the dzud. The historical norm has been roughly one dzud every half-decade, making for a tough season before more-manageable weather returns. But it's now happening for a fourth consecutive year. The dzud means less grass grows and animals can't fatten...
Once you buy into that fear, the rest follows a plausible logic. Few dispute Bush's characterization of Saddam as a brutal dictator who has attacked his neighbors, produced weapons of mass destruction and employed chemical ones. He has broken international law, mocked treaty commitments and flouted the U.N. The global community defeated him in war and ordered him to disarm, only to be defied for more than a decade. He has never, in his 24-year dictatorship, shown the least willingness to reform, even when his people nearly starved under the brunt of international sanctions. "In my judgment," said...
...told, _Eugenesis_ is outstanding, successfully transforming a toy-based, children-targeted storyline into a mature science-fiction saga. James Roberts employs an engaging writing style, a fascinating narrative, and a realistic and brutal portrayal of an eternally warring world. Recommended...
...backstory of the gay son of a London taxi driver who grew up in welfare housing and whose sister would run home when she had been battered by her husband. No wonder McQueen's creativity has always reeked not of the innocence of youth or joyful fripperies but of brutal experience...