Word: hateful
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...shallow, but additionally becomes disturbing when Aciman uses metaphors reminiscent of the pain and trauma caused by World War II to describe the main character’s somewhat unconvincing anguish at Clara’s rejection. He morosely declares, “I’ll always hate you for this, for bringing me to the abyss and forcing me to stare down, the way they force a detainee to watch the brutal execution of his cellmate.” His metaphor not only fails spectacularly, but also has troubling ethical and historical implications...
...magazine about something really embarrassing the needle did. But by using classic journalistic techniques, I got my Twitter followers to deliver three Superficial buyers. While three may not sound like a representative sample, it is the statistical equivalent of interviewing 500,000 people who bought Thriller. (Read "Don't Hate It Because It's Beautiful...
...Boston. Get out of the metropolises. Look beyond the densely populated zones of our country where collectivism is expected and mostly accepted. Get out of Cambridge where 85 percent still voted for Martha Coakley. I hate to perpetuate the Massachusetts-as-foil-for-Texas stereotype, but I’ll take the risk. So drive down through the winding roads of non-urban Texas, where people of modest means have yards the size of parks, where you’ll break a sweat walking to the next door neighbor’s, and where stray cattle wander through neighborhoods...
...Mosbacher made life in Houston, life in Washington--life, period--more enjoyable and meaningful for Barbara and me than mere words can describe. Simply put, we hate to think where we will be without...
...oddest thing about him was that he never stopped talking. And the stuff that came out of his mouth was some of the most outrageous, racist invective many of the men had ever heard. Green could discourse on any number of topics, but they usually involved hate in some way, including how Hitler should be admired, how "white culture" was under threat in multi-ethnic America, and how much he wanted to kill every last Iraqi on the planet. He would go on and on and on like this until somebody literally would have to order him to shut...