Word: rage
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Muslims identify with Saddam Hussein precisely because he is losing on what they see as a heroic, even mythic scale. For them, his plight is a symbol of their own victimization by the rich and powerful nations of the world. No matter how and when the war ends, Islamic rage already threatens the stability of traditionally pro-Western regimes from Morocco to Jordan to Pakistan. Blunting that trend is more important than seeing Saddam get what he deserves...
...just walk away," says James McKeown, a commercial developer whose company headquarters in Woburn, Mass., is wrapped in a huge yellow bow three stories high and 22 ft. wide. The way the soldiers die could also have an impact. If thousands are slaughtered by poison gas, the rage for revenge could quickly drown the outcries for withdrawal...
...from Kuwait; no deal. All the while, Kuwait was slant-drilling oil out of a field that crosses the border between it and Iraq, and his rich neighbors were pestering him to repay the billions he had borrowed to fight a war that served their interests. Frustration led to rage. In fact, Saddam's grudge against Kuwait had been festering for some time. During the war with Iran, he asked permission for his troops to make temporary use of Kuwaiti territory in preparation for battle. Kuwait refused. Saddam's reaction, reported by a former bodyguard: "They refuse? Perfect...
...state of extreme arousal caused by the virtual nonstop release of adrenaline and other similar substances into the bloodstream. When cars backfire, PTSD patients generally hit the dirt. The sound of helicopter rotor blades causes some to conceal themselves in trees. A baby's cry can invoke instant rage. Put in nonclinical terms, says psychiatrist Staten, the symptoms of PTSD are "like experiencing one's most threatening nightmares." A recent medical study found that the adrenaline levels of PTSD sufferers remain higher during hospital treatment than those of manic-depressives and paranoid schizophrenics...
Nowhere was Hammer's rage for fame more obtrusive than in his role as a collector of old masters and Impressionists, which he flew around the world as promotion for Oxy and himself. Hammer's proudest feat was his 1980 purchase, for $5.12 million (a big price then), of a manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci called the Codex Leicester, which he renamed the Codex Hammer. It consists of 36 pages of notes on water movement. There is not a single drawing of aesthetic interest among the meager diagrams in the margins...