Word: lording
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...hunters of egret and flamingo plumes and alligator skins, is a likely topic for novelist and naturalist Peter Matthiessen (Far Tortuga; The Snow Leopard). Matthiessen has made the despoliation of the planet, as well as the ways in which men who work close to nature survive, his main concerns. Lord knows he has done his homework, and he details the destruction repeatedly and with bite. Here is how Bill House, a hardy plume hunter, sees the history of the region: "The Injuns was taking some egrets, trading 'em in with their otter pelts for gunpowder and whisky. The rookeries over...
...Alfred, Lord Tennyson...
Nonetheless, The Lord of the Flies was wrong. Yes, boys have a primitive urge to fight, an easily tapped aggression. But killing is not instinctive; it is an acquired taste, something that grownups must pass on. Children also have a deep-rooted desire to please their elders. War satisfies both needs: to a child, a war is a fight with adult supervision. Because they so crave love from adults, children can be taught very quickly to hate. After that, killing is easier...
...peers were divided over whether such trials would constitute justice or revenge. Lord Shawcross, the chief British prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, argued that the bill would be "an indelible blot on every principle of British law and justice." But its supporters deemed enactment morally and legally essential. Citing recent outbreaks of anti-Semitism across Europe, Chief Rabbi Lord Jakobovits warned against sending "a wrong signal to a world seeking reassurance that civilized governments would never again allow such evil to triumph with impunity...
Something like that spirit has reawakened in the reign of Elizabeth's namesake, the present monarch. In this similarly acquisitive age, new Elizabethans like Lord Hanson and Sir James Goldsmith appear as contemporary Sir Francis Drakes, wreaking their havoc among clumsy corporate galleons. But the staid giants of British business -- the ships of the line, so to speak -- are hardly less daring in their sorties abroad. Nor have the kingdom's investment managers lagged behind...