Word: evil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stowe calls affirmative action a "necessary evil" and says that there is still "a place for affirmative action...
...Wednesday, I went over to The Crimson for a meeting with this evil, delivery-denying, phone call-neglecting, refund-rebuffing circulation staff. This group of misfits consisted of Circulation Managers Alice S. Lee '98 and Amy M. Rabinowitz '98 and Manager of Business Services Matthew L. Kramer '98. Fortunately, the image I had formed in my mind after listening to the complaints of our readers did not match the reality. Lee, Rabinowitz and Kramer actually seemed to want the readers to get their papers...
...contemporaries. "The problem is that a lot of what De Kock says is third-person hearsay," says TIME Southern Africa bureau chief Peter Hawthorne. "De Kock is trying to ease his sentence by providing information, and so people are skeptical about his testimony. De Kock is a monstrous, truly evil man who is trying to make as many waves as he can as he faces life imprisonment." Whether his revelation about Palme's death is true or false, says Hawthorne, his testimony and conviction will undoubtedly be part of a catharsis as South Africa copes with the legacy of apartheid...
Following in the tradition of Joe Hill, the Clash and others, Morello and Rage Against the Machine marry their music to radical politics. The band's sound is terrifically assaultive: on its most recent album, Evil Empire, the songs have the crunch and grind of metal with a bit of the energetic bounce of hip-hop. The band's lyrics also pack a punch: the new single, People of the Sun, is an attack on American foreign policy toward the anti-government Zapatista rebels in Chiapas, Mexico (Morello charges that the U.S. is supporting an oppressive Mexican government when...
...Kippur is not meant to simply scare us out of our wits. The day carries an inspired message of personal redemption. After reciting the above passage about this fateful day, the congregation exclaims, "But repentance, prayer and charity cancel the evil decree." We can control destinies if we take a good look at our-selves and at the way we act towards others...