Word: cruel
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...then 21 and working for the Sygma photo agency, rushed to the scene in the center of historic Rome, on the Via Michelangelo Caetani, when the body of Aldo Moro was found in the trunk of a Renault, looking as if he were asleep but the victim of a cruel murder. The five time premier of Italy had been kidnapped by the radicals of the Red Brigade and, after 54 days in captivity, executed with 11 gunshots to his heart. Moro had been playing a pivotal mediating role between Italy's Left and Right at a time of great tension...
...would like to welcome you to the VOID on this fine Monday evening. What is the VOID, you ask? Technically, it is nothing more than the space of time between 5am and 8am. But, in truth, it can only be described by those who have been there. It is cruel. It is painful. In its wake lie nothing but tears, agony, and spent cans of Red Bull...ineffective as usual. Try as you may to flee to the sanctuary of The Onion, Youtube, or FML...to no avail: the VOID is a black hole that seeks to sucks the life...
...influenza. To marry, some Rohingya must sign a document promising not to bear more than two children - a regulation that presumably ensures the number of Muslim inhabitants of Arakan doesn't mushroom faster than the Buddhist population. Burmese prejudice against the Rohingya is as casual as it is cruel. When international indignation over the junta's treatment of the Muslim minority erupted earlier this year, Burma's consul general to Hong Kong issued a letter saying that the Rohingya could not possibly be Burmese since they were "dark brown" and "ugly as ogres...
...central characters.” Among these characters, Andrew Young served as the propelling force for the opera’s emotional intensity in his deft portrayal of the role of Jago. His rendition of “Credo in un Dio crudel” (I believe in a cruel God) illustrated a visceral contempt for justice as the rest of the world sees it. Although his superb dramatic presence never faltered, his voice was occasionally lost amid the din of the vast, 80 person orchestra. In her portrayal of Otello’s wife Desdemona, Melynda Davis presented...
...cruel irony of a Treasury Secretary who can't seem to fill important positions in an economy in which millions of people are desperate for jobs will go away only when Geithner is fully staffed...