Word: mayhem
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...take on Collins is, in its way, equally attractive, if somewhat less than fully dimensional. Collins is presented as revolutionary warriors generally are by their admirers: as a practical soldier, a man of rough humor, mostly inarticulate idealism and, perhaps, a certain unspoken regret about that "talent for mayhem" (as he puts it), which is as much burden as gift. And he is embodied by Liam Neeson, who is near perfect in the role. There is an old-fashioned romanticism to the actor, a mysterious darkness beneath the dashing surface of this performance. Something behind Neeson's eyes hints...
Even if those in the Labor camp were not immediately persuaded by the scenes of mayhem to change their allegiance to Netanyahu and the Likud Party, perhaps they now have a better appreciation for their fellow Israelis' reluctance to support the Oslo Accords in the first place. The valid suspicion of Israeli moderates over the questionable issue of placing automatic machine guns into their enemy's hands gained immeasurable credibility when the barrels of those very guns were directed against the Israelis themselves last week. A Palestinian witness, confirmed by both The New York Times and The Washington Post, admitted...
...BARRIER TO MAYHEM...
...MAYHEM: 1,071 murders, the most ever reported, occurred at work in 1994, while 1 million physical assaults take place annually, the latest government statistics reveal. Riskiest occupation: taxi drivers. After that, sheriffs...
Meanwhile, on nearby American fire bases, the night shift was usually cranking up for another round of mayhem. Since Cu Chi was a "free strike" zone, local U.S. commanders didn't really feel they were doing their job if they weren't chewing up the countryside more or less nonstop. Consequently, as the sun dipped below the horizon, artillery shells would whistle down through the jungle canopy and throw up enormous red sprays of laterite-clay clods...