Word: inhumane
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Unfortunately, our escalating worries may not be entirely unwarranted. On Monday, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld warned of the possibility of a biological attack on the United States. Society’s standard defense against such attacks—that no one would be so inhuman as to carry them out—holds less currency now that we have seen terrorists make deadly weapons of passenger planes. Experts believe that the use of biological weapons could potentially present an even greater threat to human existence than nuclear weapons did a few decades...
...seek retaliation [ESSAY, SPECIAL ISSUE]. I am sickened by the number of appeals for forgiveness that I am already seeing on church announcement boards and hearing from commentators on talk shows. Repressed rage festers like any other infection and weakens us both morally and spiritually. There is nothing inhuman or immoral about venting rage, protecting ourselves or trying to eradicate a poison that is seeking to eradicate our nation. In fact, I believe that to do otherwise is inhuman and immoral. DENA FORSTER Bethesda...
...community of traders in government bonds is a small one, and Cantor has long been its key player, facilitating deals between buyers and sellers who often like to keep their identities from one another. It is a high-pressure business, with inhuman hours and often with millions of dollars riding on a phone call. One source of Cantor's success is its close-knit character. Many of the veteran brokers had worked together for years, and the intense atmosphere and enormous financial responsibility bred deep friendships...
...South's dark history she has returned with eloquent images--devoid of human presence--of the rivers and thickets that continue to harbor our whole country's greatest mystery: how human beings, in the midst of such fecund natural beauty, have continued to be so relentlessly inhuman...
...Jeri Ryan plays this half borg, but the only inhuman thing I can see about her is this little design on her cheek, unless borgs have giant breasts...