Word: malignities
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...ADOLF HITLER Hitler was the first malign figure to be selected as POY, and his evil only grew during the next several years. Hitler's ruthless domination of Europe was, said TIME, "the greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today." The 1938 Munich pact confirmed it: he won a hands-off promise from Britain and France, and the stage was set for his pursuit of World...
What does the former butler of Princess Diana, Paul Burrell, hope to accomplish by selling sordid stories that malign the Princess to whom he professed devotion [PRESS, Nov. 25]? The trashy material brought scandal to the royal family and besmirches the reputation of the Princess, who was truly loved by the world. Could Burrell's motive be greed? Princess Diana touched everyone with her charm and compassion, and that is how she should be remembered--not by the words of a servant who betrayed her trust. Helen W. Joffe Hamilton, Ohio...
...economic aid. Even now, Pyongyang is sending out mixed messages, brandishing a nuclear threat but also hinting that it would disarm in exchange for a non-aggression pact and other concessions from the U.S. That's not palatable to the Bush Administration, but the alternative is a policy of malign neglect in which North Korea is simply cut off from all aid and allowed to implode - and that's a scenario its neighbors find particularly dangerous. South Korea goes to the polls next week to pick a new president, and the race is too close to call between the more...
...While the current work in human genetic engineering is not malign, there is little doubt that there is an interest in using genetics to correct behavior,” he said. “We need a deep social discussion of how to use genetic techniques...
...that produced the 1994 agreement. When North Korea announced it would no longer abide by the nonproliferation treaty, the Clinton Administration effectively purchased peace by promising financial aid if North Korea would quit developing nukes. South Korea and Japan, the regional neighbors most eager to quell North Korea's malign power, gladly put up most of the cash. Critics complained the U.S. was giving in to nuclear extortion. North Korea, they warned, would unveil a threatening new capability whenever it wanted more aid. The latest disclosure proved the hard-liners right about one thing: Kim could not be trusted...