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...unarmed 13-year-old boy) and shoots a bad guy. Brings tears to my eyes every time. 2. Die Harder—Set on Christmas Eve, like the first “Die Hard.” Funny how the holidays are always so stressful for Bruce. 3. Lethal Weapon—Mel Gibson rocks the mullet, and his partner Danny Glover decides not to commit suicide in the end. I’m all for not killing yourself over the holidays: instead, deflect that anger outward by watching extremely violent movies like this one. 4. Batman Returns?...
...wolf’s gullet for good either. But upon being rescued by the huntsman, Red-Cap fills the wolf’s stomach with rocks. A short epilogue relates that she kills another wolf with a wicked look in his eye with another lethal dose of stones. Victory! 3. Cinderella – This classic is far from the Disney version that’s sweet enough to give you a toothache. The wicked step-sisters’ attempts at deceiving the prince are discovered when blood leaks through the too-small shoe. As punishment for their cruelties...
...curved knives Lindsay M. Liles ’10 is brandishing glint in the wintry sunlight that streams into the common room of her Mather quint. She locks their hooked ends together, and for a moment it looks like she is going to swing them over her head in lethal, long-handled circles. But then she puts the knives down. She wants to show off the thick sparkly ribbon she sewed in high school, as well as the sequined ballroom dance costume she just finished altering. “I love glitter,” she says. ALTER EGOLiles...
...That's when he got suspicious that he had dengue fever, the mosquito-borne virus that, in its deadly form, causes blood to seep from the bloodstream into tissue and eventually from the body's orifices. Several days later, doctors diagnosed the expat aid worker with a milder, non-lethal variation of the disease. Since there are no drugs or vaccines for dengue, Tind Simmons did what some 38,500 infected Cambodians did this year: he drank plenty of water and waited for his bout of "bone-break fever," as the disease is often called, to go away...
...course, that it's not at all clear that the alleged plot would have succeeded. The base, which trains soldiers before they are deployed to Iraq, is heavily protected. Delivery vehicles are thoroughly searched before entry. But history shows that determined men don't need ingenious plans to be lethal. "Unfortunately, it's just not that hard to kill people," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tells TIME. "People misunderstand what makes someone dangerous...