Word: heinous
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Persistent poverty, children at risk and prisons all came to play in the heinous crimes that occurred during the week of the election that ultimately placed Bush in the White House...
...generally slipshod, by-any-means-necessary approach to the organizing of the affair resulted in several unfortunate decisions. Most heinous was the decision to save money on security detail by giving a cadre of Hell's Angels free beer to protect the stage-a move that ultimately resulted in vicious beatings, Jefferson Airplane's lead singer Marty Balin getting knocked unconscious and one ferocious stabbing death. Some of the film's best and most chilling moments display the palpable tension as drunken bikers thuggishly stomp around the stage while vacuous tripping hippies wave their hands and the performers look particularly...
...likes to work in clarity and well-lighted, advertent consciousness. For purposes of law, which is the operative word? "Hate"? Or "crime"? Which of them is the crime? The thought? Or the deed? Is it not enough for the crime to be a crime? Does the crime become more heinous because hate comes along as a vicious junior partner...
...results of our "heinous interference" are demonstrated by more than a simple fluctuation in daily temperature. Chunks of ice are breaking off the poles, leading to a rise in sea level. The burning of fossil fuels spews great pollution, making the air in some cities almost unbreathable. The current rate of species loss is unparalleled, except for the period after the meteor hit the Earth, killing off the dinosaurs. No one is calling Gore the savior of the Earth, but we will be calling ourselves fools if we continue to believe that nothing is going...
...sipping lemonade and watching throngs of beautiful bronzed bodies darting about in carefree games of Frisbee or volleyball. Almost--because the minute you actually started enjoying this come-from-behind sunshine, your conscience should have rebelled. What are we arrogant homo sapiens doing, reaping the sweet fruits of our heinous interference with weather systems and our unconscionable rape of the global climate...