Word: lashings
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...when disgruntled French farmers wanted to lash out at the forces of globalization, it was a McDonald’s that they chose to dismantle. Much more recently, a Saudi man entered a Riyadh McDonald’s and set fire to it, igniting it with a pail of petroleum. The alleged motive was to punish the restaurant for serving food during Ramadan. But it’s not hard to see the symbolic meaning in this act of terrorism, as Saudi oil mixed with American grease to burn down the temple to the patron saint of decadence...
...tendency of some or many of their adherents to insist on looking at the world as being made up of those who are good (me and my group) and those who are evil (everyone else). It is not enough to nurture their own relationship with God; they must also lash out and attempt to extinguish those who belong to other faiths, whom they see as threats to their own salvation. MARK MILNE Zurich...
...data have not borne that out." Racists, street thugs and school bullies all polled high on the self-esteem charts. And you can see why. If you think you're God's gift, you're particularly offended if other people don't treat you that way. So you lash out or commit crimes or cut ethical corners to reassert your pre-eminence. After all, who are your moral inferiors to suggest that you could be doing something, er, wrong? What do they know...
Anyone who has ever felt the cool tug of uncut grass or the dewy kiss of morning earth between their toes may appreciate what Teddy means. Then again, anyone who has ever been forced into an improvised cha-cha routine by the scorching lash of steaming asphalt on their naked feet...
...developing countries see free trade?especially the scrapping of the estimated $1 billion a day in subsidies to Western farmers?as key to sustainable development. But Western green groups complained that the World Trade Organization had hijacked the summit. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used his five-minute speech to lash out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who opposes Mugabe's controversial land seizure program. Protesters heckled and slow-clapped throughout the address by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell...