Word: defenselessness
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...service in the center of El Salvador's capital was transformed into a tableau of horror: exploding hand bombs, wild gunfire, terrified crowds stampeding in panic. Before it was over, 35 people had been killed; 185 others had been hospitalized with serious injuries. "It was pure savagery against defenseless, humble people," lamented a mourner, Bishop Eamon Casey of Galway, Ireland. "There is something vile in this land. Very, very vile...
...retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As another option, he suggested stationing U.S. fighter planes with support personnel in Pakistan. He went out of his way to bring up Viet Nam. Said he: "When 50,000 Americans make the ultimate sacrifice to defend the people of a small, defenseless country in Southeast Asia from Communist tyranny, that, my friends, is a collective act of moral courage, not an example of moral poverty." He urged that the Navy be built up, charging, "The U.S. is in a more precarious position today than it was the day after Pearl Harbor...
...Pahlavi, the Shah's twin sister. Read the caption in the evening daily Kayhan: "Kurt Waldheim in his previous trip to Tehran-he and Ashraf have raised their glasses in a toast to the archtraitor Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, marking his victory in the massacre and torture of the defenseless and innocent Iranian nation," A morning newspaper, the Islamic Republic, published another old photograph of Waldheim shaking hands with the Shah, whose face was blotted out by the editors with a Star of David. Read the caption: "Waldheim hand-in-hand with the executioner." The government TV station paired...
...According to refugees, Vietnamese troops "liberating" a hamlet from the Khmer Rouge will customarily abolish the communal kitchens and other vestiges of Pol Pot's extremist brand of Communism and allow the citizens to elect their own leaders. The Vietnamese then move on to other villages, leaving the inhabitants defenseless against the revenge of Khmer Rouge who swoop down at night, reinstitute the communal kitchens, seize what food is available, and kill the elected leaders...
...outside who tend to be fascinated by violent criminals-literate ones-in the same way that Gladstone was fascinated by prostitutes. Gilmore used words like "tautologic" sometimes. He had a line about reincarnation and karma, which he ran on his girlfriend Nicole. Quite cold-bloodedly, Gilmore murdered two defenseless men-a motel clerk and a law school student working as a gas station attendant. He also made repeated efforts to persuade Nicole to commit suicide in order to join him in the great beyond...