Word: brutally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leave few clues but the twisted ingenuity to invent a new form of murder. Even after he is caught and convicted, if he ever is, the terror that he inspired is likely to live on, and with altogether too good reason. There have been mass murders that were more brutal and claimed more victims. But there have been few if any so exquisitely attuned to the anonymity and impersonality of modern urban and suburban life. Paranoia is supposed to be an irrational fear, but who can now say that it is silly to dread that innocent bottle of capsules...
Last month, class representatives of '85 and '86 faced each other over wooden bats to make almost 115 years, on and off, of "brutal" freshman-sophomore cane combat...
...finally, there was the wit that put it all in perspective. Weaver had an uncanny ability to uncork a brutal one-liner that could knock baseball a little bit down from its high horse. "The only guy that didn't make a mistake," he once remarked to some second-guessers, "they crucified." His ability to laugh at himself and his sport was almost unrivalled in the self-important athletic world...
...Army defense, apparently inspired by a third-quarter field goal and a fourth-quarter TD that gave the Cadets a 17-7 lead, was particularly brutal on Allard later in the game, as the right tackle dropped him twice in the same series for a loss of 18 yards...
...always carries a pistol, a knife and a hand grenade on his belt, Hobeika was the most feared Phalangist in Lebanon. He had taken part in the Tel Zaatar massacre and in attacks on the rivals of Bashir Gemayel. The Israelis knew Hobeika and his followers as ruthless, brutal security men, and knew they did not constitute a disciplined military force...