Word: lethally
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...downtown to watch the party, was hit in the eye with a pepper spray pellet shot by police officers trying to control the crowd of 80,000. While the Boston Police have accepted full responsibility in the death, actions need to be taken to prevent the use of possibly lethal weapons in situations like these. Though the pellets were intended to be safe, it is clear that they can kill. In fact, two other revelers were injured by the pellets. A simple solution is for the cops to stick to pepper spray...
...Dawson’s polished finishing skills, lethal irrespective of his distance from the goal line, undermined an otherwise successful Princeton defense twice midway through the second quarter...
...night peregrinations had pervaded the Yard and the Square. A shared elation had demanded outlet, but the outlet had proved unsatisfying. (At least it had lacked the violence to prove dangerous; the fate of the poor Emerson student killed by Boston policemen’s “non-lethal weapons” demonstrates the danger of rowdier celebrations...
...were spread-eagled before temples, and their hearts, still beating, were cut out with flint knives, after which their blood was collected in bowls and their limbs eaten. The Aztecs also offered up their own blood by painfully mutilating their tongues, ears, legs and penises. Even their games were lethal. In one, players tried to move stone balls in the direction they thought the sun was heading. The player who guessed wrong was decapitated...
...Zarqawi operatives, and military officials hope the latest mission will hamper his network's ability to operate. But the insurgency has shown a clear ability to regenerate itself after losses. And the rebels continue to adapt their tactics, adding TNT to their IEDs, for instance, to make them more lethal. In Ramadi they have begun attacking more at night; in Fallujah they have dug into defensive positions. A U.S. military battle-planning officer in Fallujah says the raid left a "big intel wake," information that will be useful later, he says, when the military moves to retake the city...