Word: evilness
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...Hunter than in Cape Fear, or maybe it was just that Shelley Winters was such a perfect victim. One of the best recent female villains was Polly Walker in HBO's series Rome. As Atia of the Julii, she is lovely, charming, sometimes even amusing, but always diabolically evil as she plots mischief, mayhem and revenge-and then flounces off to enjoy her latest male conquest. Rebecca Silverberg, San Francisco...
...cannot believe you did not choose Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo in the 1947 movie Kiss of Death. When he laughed after pushing that wheelchair-bound lady down the stairs, he gave new meaning to the word evil. Joan Donnelly, Flanders, New Jersey...
...Congratulations! You managed to achieve the virtually impossible. You miraculously failed to mention Dennis Hopper-the consummate film personification of evil. Have Corliss and colleagues never seen Hopper's character portrayals in Blue Velvet, Paris Trout and Speed? Edward J. Spires, Rochester, New York...
...tenor among current Harvard coaches is notably more benign. Walsh calls the system “a challenge,” and Saretsky deems the heavy reliance on standardized test scores a “necessary evil.” But they, like the others interviewed, do not recommend any serious change...
...panacea of global warming or energy costs. But it is a simple, cheap and effective solution accessible to everyone. That in itself should be enough. But if it isn’t, keep in mind what Edmund Burke once wrote: “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” At this point in time, ignoring the devastating forces of climate change is akin to promoting them. If “good men do nothing” to stop this crisis, whether out of apathy or disdain...