Word: caligula
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...main reason for not running for re-election in the fall is a recurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, arrived at the Fox studios with an X-ray of his chest and a photo album of pictures from his Navy service that, he announced, "looks like an orgy in Caligula." "I'm going to show you a lot more than tickle fights," Massa told Beck, leaving the host, for a precious moment, speechless...
...think I was supposed to be excited about this, but it's not as if I'm constantly dealing with civil wars or freeing slaves. If I'm going to have someone dead guiding me, I'd like it to be someone with a better sense of fun, like Caligula or Malcolm Forbes...
...choice of Palin as a vice-presidential running mate must be the worst political appointment since the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Consul. Christopher K. Sumner, London...
...doing. But the mitochondria see a perfect opportunity and rejoice. They will harness his expertise in biotechnology to conquer the world - and they aren't scrupulous about how they try to do so. The second half of the novel oozes with enough violence and sexual perversity to make Caligula blush...
...Mann choreographs this Apache dance with brisk efficiency. Even the violence is subtle. The key figure is The Schemer (Wallace Ford), who is locked in a steam bath and scalded to death. He goes down with a kind of pathetic majesty, like a corrupt Roman Senator who got in Caligula...