Word: heinously
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chattel in our society. You own a dog. You do not merely hold guardianship over it. However, dogs are not without rights. I cannot go out, buy a dog, and then use the dog to demonstrate the power of my new chainsaw. If I were to perpetrate such a heinous act, I would be brought to court and would face criminal charges. The dog’s interests, then, would be represented in court by the district attorney. Now, if a dog has the right to be represented by a human, how much more right does an unborn human have...
...take anything away from the heroic performance of Mayor Giuliani, but your choice of him was hypocritical and cowardly. Can any rational person think the effect that Osama bin Laden's heinous crimes had on the world was less important than the mayor's wonderful deeds? When Giuliani went to ground zero right after the attack, he showed something TIME's editors lacked: courage. EDWARD RADOSH Weston...
...Eichmann and other perpetrators of organized murder. He says we are often amazed by the nondescript appearance of the evildoers. What do we expect? Horns? A tail? The facts are that Eichmann, bin Laden, Hitler, Stalin and all the other petty yet charismatic men of history who committed such heinous acts had three things in common: they were fanatics; they organized others to do their dirty work; and, most crucial, they were not supernormal madmen--not Satan, not some abstract species of evil--but merely human. SHERYL R. RIELING Aylett...
...Americans don't fear the wrath of protesters. It is those who carried out the heinous attack who must face the rage of the world." ROBERT SOLOMON New York City...
...spent every minute of the past month living the subject. At the press conference he was calm, and knew better than to promise too much. He assured Americans of ultimate victory over terrorism even as he acknowledged that there are limits to the government's ability to prevent every heinous act. If he occasionally made side trips through his syntax, he also showed a level of introspection and analysis that surprised even his close aides. Instead of offering platitudes drawn from talking points, he ruminated on the generational experience of war and bluntly warned Americans not to take out their...