Word: brutalize
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Ford and his advisers recognize, however, that they have a brutal problem: if the recession continues longer than now expected, they must choose the point at which the terrible costs of a continued downward spiral outweigh the benefits of tempering inflation and dictate some new stimulation (probably tax relief rather than more spending). But that point, in their view, has not come yet, and for a while longer, recession will continue to alter the lives and outlooks of millions of Americans...
...Brutal View. That view reflects a conviction that recession is being caused not just by Government action to stop inflation but by inflation itself. Certainly, one reason for the debacles of the housing and auto industries is that the prices of homes and cars have climbed out of the reach of many consumers...
...monastery have given him his subjects. In almost every instance he has found them to be butterfingered bureaucracies. They show more dedication to preserving the untroubled functioning of their own administrative systems than to doing their job, which is usually supposed to be helping people. What has made these brutal films bearable is that time after time Wiseman has discovered competent, even loving individuals struggling within these systems not only to assert their own humanity but to help society's cripples and victims to maintain theirs...
...Land-Vest because the company seemed concerned with land conservation-Wade Staniar says he thinks Harvard chose Land-Vest because of the company's "past track record of ecological concern." But not everyone agrees with that assessment. One island summer resident who asked to remain unidentified calls the construction "brutal" and claims that building 49 septic tanks on the property will undoubtedly pollute the soil...
Prices were way up, and Britain's economic forecasts were way down. In the drawing rooms of Mayfair and Belgravia, however, the smart set was talking about something considerably more interesting-a mysterious, brutal murder involving a titled family that might have come from a West End thriller...