Word: haunt
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...Tiger era came to an abrupt halt. To steady the ship, the government placed a blanket guarantee on deposits in six Irish banks last September. At the time, according to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, it was "the cheapest bailout in the world." But that claim soon came back to haunt him. In December it emerged that Sean Fitzpatrick, the chairman of Anglo-Irish, the country's third biggest lender, had concealed from shareholders more than $100 million in personal loans by temporarily transferring the money to a building society. Amid public outcry over the scandal, the government nationalized Anglo-Irish...
...into obsolescence, but a lethal pandemic or other cataclysm could suddenly make natural selection central to the future of the species. Whatever happens, Jones says, it is worth remembering that Darwin's beautiful theory has suffered a long history of abuse. The bastard science of eugenics, he says, will haunt humanity as long as people are tempted to confuse evolution with improvement. "Uniquely in the living world, what makes humans what we are is in our minds, in our society, and not in our evolution," he says...
...night (although the events loop twice in the course of an evening). However, this is more than worth the challenge it presents to its audience. After the masks come off, the ghosts of “Sleep No More” will continue to haunt you, changing the way you look at theater...
...play also includes controversial elements, especially a climactic moment when the spirits of the dead are released from the old mine to haunt the city for a day. “The religious ceremony will be taken by a lot of people as absurd,” says Chris J. Carothers ’11. “It’s very vicious towards religion in general. It’s modeled on real ceremonies that actually exist. It’s not fake, it’s not absurd, it’s not even exaggerated...
Central Square’s popular haunt, The Middle East, hosts “For Amie,” a breast cancer awareness benefit on Saturday, October 17, with performances by Kristin Hersh, Bill Janovitz, Travel, and other special guests. All profits are for charity, so if you’re choosing between the Saturday night ritual of Ben and Jerry’s alone on your futon and this, choose this...