Word: calloused
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...some point during the negotiations, Philip Morris must have been tempted to commission a similar study in the U.S. - but of course this sort of calculation can be seen as a little on the callous side. Big Tobacco knows that while its image may never sparkle, it can always get worse. And while the government may talk about putting Big Tobacco out of business, it'll never happen...
...days of headlines and hype?apparently with no demands met?only added to his aura and provided grist to rumors of secret government payoffs. In a gripping new book, Veerappan, The Untold Story (Penguin Books India; 312 pages), journalist Sunaad Raghuram tries to separate the folk legend from the callous outlaw who once reportedly murdered a gang member's child for fear that its cries would alert police who were stalking...
...celebrations were held, to the spot where the Japanese boat was sunk. "I can't imagine why they had to hold it there, and so soon after the incident," says Masami Inoue, a lawyer representing families of the nine aboard the Ehime Maru who drowned. "It is unthinkably callous...
...which the celebrations were held to the spot where the Ehime Maru was sunk. "I can't imagine why they had to hold it there, and so soon after the incident," says Masami Inoue, a lawyer representing families of victims who drowned in the accident. "It is unthinkably callous...
Amelie Poulain isn't a witch, but the situations she conjures up are magical. Dead men write soothing letters to heart-broken wives they abandoned long ago. Abducted garden gnomes send photos of their world travels to calm distraught owners. Callous men weep with rediscovered emotion when long-lost childhood treasures materialize from nowhere. Even guardian angels who repair the fatal mishaps of their wards learn to nurture hopes and loves of their...