Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September issue of Atlantic, society can reduce the crime rate more effectively than by starting job-creation programs. This takes us back to the view held for centuries, that crime has less to do with social circumstance than with an individual's inherent tendency towards good or evil...
Winter's Tale charts the adventures of Peter Lake, a mythic figure who progresses from waif to demigod, from the late 19th century to the third millennium, preserved by mysterious forces, pursued by the forces of evil, accompanied by his flying steed Athansor. The locale of his escapade is a New York City that neither was nor will be, decorated with baroque snowstorms, peopled by feral children and avaricious millionaires, blighted by the spirits of the poor and, ultimately, illuminated by a distant vision of the Just City. There a bridge will be built, reaching from Manhattan...
...location where the Malafemmina, which means evil woman in Italian, was sunk is a few hundred yards from a commercial lobster company where Paradiso once worked. Authorities said he often moored the boat at the pier...
...better appreciate that peace will take more than gestures of good will and sincerity." At home, Reagan's moderate response served to counter critics who fear he is too trigger-happy in dealing with the Soviets, while lending support to his view of them as part of an "evil empire." This is likely to translate into less opposition to his plans to build the MX missile and increase military spending. An indication of the changing congressional mood came last week when the House reversed itself and voted to end a 15-year moratorium on the production of chemical weapons...
...reminded of ultimate loyalties by Party Boss Georges Marchais. Opening a fête exhibit titled "The Fight for Human Rights," Marchais called the incident "more complex than the caricaturish version given by those who have decided once and for all that the Soviet Union is the kingdom of evil and its leaders bloodthirsty ogres." Keeping his orthodox shibboleths in order, he accused the U.S. of reacting with "cries of vengeance" and "terms of abuse and invective...