Word: brutally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This liberation did once exist: workers--for example, in the middle and late nineteenth century--could accumulate some money, and hope to purchase and farm land in the open frontier of the Midwest and West. American workers were confronted with the same brutal present as workers in every Western country--and lately, many Third World Countries--have been faced with. The critical difference is that other nations' workers saw no real hope for escape in recovering the past: for them, present-day reality could only be challenged by a belief in a glorious future free from capitalism. Socialism, anarcho-syndicalism...
...Brutal crime is seldom commonplace but, even so, as Sherlock Holmes might have observed, from the outset the case possessed some curious features. On the afternoon of Jan. 8, a neatly dressed, well-spoken man posing as an insurance agent appeared at the door of Mrs. De-Witt Romaine in Leonia, NJ. Then, brandishing a knife and a gun, the man forced his way inside and tied up the three occupants. Remarkably, his accomplice was a young boy who appeared to be no older than eleven or twelve and whose long, sandy-colored hair gave him a somewhat girlish appearance...
...destroyed, not only a building and a garden, but part of the community goodwill the University claims it wishes to build. Harvard states this was not meant as retaliation, but how else can the Agassiz Community interpret the timing, the failure to notify the community in advance, and the brutal nature of the razing which left as an eyesore what was the most attractive garden in the area. The blackberry bushes, the raspberry bushes, the grape vines, the flowering vines, the pear tree--all have been flattened in an apparent scorched earth approach community relations and urban planning...
...developed a parochial mentality comprised of intense anti-Marxism, a distrust of partisan politics, a craving for order and unity, and a puritanical morality. Reeling on the giddy heights of political power, the Chilean armed forces concentrated on both a justification of its intervention as well as a brutal repression of those working against what it saw as the interests of a united nation...
...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...