Word: hurtfulness
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Ideas can hurt. The messy storm of upset, anger, protests and murderous violence unleashed over the past two weeks by Danish newspaper cartoons that Muslims find blasphemous has proved that once again. But in Europe, whatever one may think about the intelligence or taste of portraying Muhammad with a bomb on his head, people have found a reassuring port in the storm: their belief in the political miracle of free speech. In Western democracies, the right to express an idea, no matter how offensive, always trumps the impulse of the offended to censor. No government should be able to jail...
...high performance Si has come a long way since the 80s, when the first generation arrived with a 91 h.p. engine, as dated now as Boy George singing Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? The new one is larger and more powerful than its predecessors, features a reinforced body structure and comes equipped with an i-VTEC engine that, with a 197-hp engine, provides a 37 h.p. boost over the 2005 model. It shares the coupe body style with the basic Civic, a vast improvement over the unloved hatchback it replaces. Indeed, everything about the new Si appears...
...concentrators are always pasty because they read so much Jane Austen. Schonberger’s BTS2 Goals: 1) Stage “Legend,” a 33-minute adaptation of Larry Bird’s life with co-writer and director Cheddar Ted. 2) Learn to skateboard. 3) Hurt peoples’ feelings with ridiculous kick game and whip appeal. Catizone’s BTS2 Goals: 1) Wear Target-brand Corona-themed board shorts to every class meeting after April 1. 2) Sleep in the Yard. 3) Only talk to people in section after I’ve verified...
...forget that there's a woman in there," said President Clinton, standing in front of her casket beneath a mountain of flowers. Not just a symbol and a role model, he said, though she surely was that, but a woman who "lived and breathed and got angry and got hurt and had dreams and disappointments." And so it's worth remembering that of all the moments when she stood at history's hinge, one of the most important was when she was most human, most vulnerable, six months pregnant and wondering about the odds of her husband surviving a four...
...difficult time adjusting to the game, and at the end of the day I thought there might have been some calling of fouls to make it even, if you will, so it was a very frustrating game for everybody in that respect.”Harvard has been hurt more than other teams by tight officiating, mainly because the Crimson’s two big men, crucial to the successful operation of Harvard’s offense and defense, are especially prone to foul trouble. Captain Matt Stehle and senior center Brian Cusworth both fouled out late in the second...