Word: furiousness
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...This must be what the founding lawyers had in mind when they concocted the heat-of-passion defense. Radio host Rush Limbaugh with 20 million listeners had an on-air epiphany, when he played the tape for his listeners and found out it was another man that O.J. was furious about. He took pleasure in pointing out that O.J. was only yelling. He broke down a door, big deal. He didn't break...
...decision to take no action ignited a behind-the-scenes flap in Washington. While the State Department went along with Gaviria's decision to withhold the recordings from the public -- "We can't interfere with elections," explained a State Department member -- some officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration were furious. "No one did anything," said one. "They allowed this travesty to take place. Everybody, including the U.S. government, is participating in this cover...
...much change, from the days of his raw, painful childhood, as add layers, coats of polish that only occasionally peeled. One day he was making a television commercial in Oakland, California, and fell into his first language, the street-corner argot of his gang years. Furious with himself, he stopped the shooting, regrouped and then said he wanted to do it again. The second try went perfectly. "That's what happens when I spend too much time with my boys," he said. "I forget how to talk white...
...final moments of The Game last fall, Harvard's annual battle with Yale. After being down by 16, Giardi had led a furious Crimson comeback which had brought the team to within two, 33-31, but that seemed to be about as far as the team would...
...upshot has been a furious explosion -- over age, not geography. Thirty- year-old males watched their premiums soar 170%, according to the Council for Affordable Health Insurance, while men aged 60 enjoyed a 45% cut. The rate hike for 30-year-old women was 82%, and women twice their age saw rates slashed by a quarter. Mutual of Omaha, the only insurer to continue extending coverage to New York individuals after the plan went into effect, watched with frustration as 43% of its customers dropped their health coverage and the average age of its clientele edged upwards from 41.5 years...