Word: disgustful
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...Public disgust over privatization nearly destroyed Chubais. After disastrous reverses in the December 1995 parliamentary elections, Yeltsin fired his deeply unpopular Minister, but Chubais got back into the thick of things much faster than expected. Presidential elections were scheduled for the summer of 1996, and Yeltsin's popularity was at rock bottom. Korzhakov and other intimates urged him to postpone the elections and declare a state of emergency. Yeltsin was tempted, but in mid-March consulted several political figures, including Chubais. His passionate arguments against that course swayed Yeltsin and led the President to put Chubais in charge...
...what?" his girlfriend exclaimed in disgust when he admitted that twice the previous fall, he had gotten drunk and had unprotected sex with women he'd never met before...
...series of lurid revelations. They include tales of an exceptionally repellent child-sex torture-murder ring, the arrest of a former minister for the Mafia-style political assassination of a rival, official corruption and bribery, all topped off by law-enforcement bungling on a grand scale. Public anger and disgust are so high that when citizens' groups last month organized a demonstration to demand a government clean-up, silent, white-clad protesters numbering 300,000--fully 3% of the country's population--thronged the streets of Brussels...
When I get back to my room, adjusting to the fact that Clinton has been reelected is surprisingly nauseating. It's hard to pinpoint the source of my disgust; it's not his character or even his center-right approach that bugs me. The next day, I hunt down a transcript from one of the debates, and soon it's obvious. It's remarkable how quickly you forget Clinton's charisma when you see his words in writing...
...more big job to do," Bill Clinton said just before his re-election. The President was talking about the corrupting influence of money in politics (an obscenity with which he has a nodding acquaintance), and of course he promised to clean things up. Well, maybe the public's disgust will force change, but there's an even bigger job to do involving money...