Word: crushed
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...child, isolated inside his best instincts, survive for long, when family, school, class, the whole sordid world conspire to crush him? Leo can't. But Leolo can; his autobiography is saved by the one stranger who might have helped him. Certainly Lauzon, who testifies that this grotesque family portrait is based on fact, survived and thrived -- to make a beautiful film. His story, in this boldly voluptuous telling, reminds us of two truths: no remembered childhood is so bizarre that it cannot have occurred; and the surest way to purge demons is to impale them on the page or screen...
...harassment against clinics all around the country. Far from denouncing his murder as the work of a lone extremist, some of the more militant antiabortion groups warned that more violence was likely to follow. "What do you expect when the government and the President do all they can to crush peaceful, nonviolent protests?" asks the Rev. Joseph Foreman of Missionaries to the Preborn, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "We will not be outraged over the one death and not the other 4,000 precious human beings that were killed today by abortion," he says. Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, said...
...should note here that secular ideology, which prides itself on humanitarianism, has not gone so far. A look at the destruction caused in Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be enough to remind us of this Neither of these cities were military targets, but were used to prove a point and crush the spirit of the people. No consideration was given to the fact that almost all of them were noncombatants, innocent from any guilt. Yet practically was favored over their lives. According to Islam law, a Muslim leader who ordered such an act would not only be impeached, but would also...
Twenty-nine years and 21 solo albums later, McCartney is still enjoying the fun of it -- and provoking those female screams of adoration. MTV's 90-minute concert special, which airs this Wednesday, goes out of its way to tap memories of Beatlemania by letting the studio audience crush against the stage and switching between color and black-and-white camera work. For his part, McCartney uses the occasion to preview an upcoming world tour and offer a potent mix of Beatles hits and other songs from his new album, Off the Ground (Capitol Records), to be released next week...
...animals who live around the Square also have rights--like the right to breathe something better than the putrid miasma of exhaust and New Age incense that is our local atmosphere. When Li and I finish rolling over the alcinheads, we will stage our own "Monster Tank Rally" and crush the offending cabs...