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...cultures do not make that organic assumption; they are haunted by the animal in man, by the idea of animals as their lower nature, the fallen part, the mortal. The clear blue intelligence of civilization, they think, is imprisoned in the same cell, the body, with its Caliban, the brute undermind...
...zealousness, coming after generations of apathy, is not surprising. It is no wonder that counselors of battered women are inclined to advise a black-and-blue wife to file for divorce and prosecute the brute instead of going back to him for the third time. When a nuclear family is undergoing a meltdown, about to blow, it is a good idea to evacuate the place. But sometimes the professionals seem eager to denigrate their clients' commitment to marriage. "Women have an incredible amount of hope," says Mary Marecek, a counselor at the oldest women's shelter in Massachusetts. "We want...
...50th anniversary of the enforced famine, engineered by Stalin, in which some 8 million to 10 million Ukrainians and Cossacks perished. Their extermination was a matter of state policy, just as the ovens of Dachau were a matter of state policy. The Ukrainian kulaks died under the great brute wheel of an idea. They died for the convenience of the state, to help with the organization of the new order of things...
...went off as a 2-1 favorite. For racing sideways at times, Marfa inspired the nickname of "the Mugger." Even in the post parade leading up to a race, the pony escort is not safe alongside, and neither is the pony girl holding Marfa's bridle. The brute might reach over and savage them. When all 20 Derby horses were in the gate, every pair of binoculars was fixed on the 18th post position to see Marfa crash...
Indeed, as an athlete, Phills regards himself as something other than a hulking specimen of brute force. Drafted by a junior professional hockey team in Canada when he was sixteen, a former high school football star, a competition-class water skier and a three-year member of Harvard's rugby team, Phills qualifies and an all-around athlete...