Word: ragingly
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...Internet has its version of road rage: impulsive anger expressed from inside a capsule of anonymity, an aggressive connection made from the safety of disconnection. In recent days, a Stanford University study found that the Internet is dangerously atomizing American society. "The more hours people use the Internet," said Norman Nie, a principal investigator for the study, "the less time they spend with real human beings...
...manipulate the outcome ahead of time by keeping reform-minded candidates off the ballot. But the secretive council surprised everyone and waved most reform hopefuls onto the ballot. Why? Some believe Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Khomeini's successor as Supreme Leader, feared a repeat of last summer's days of rage, when young Iranians throughout the country rioted after a pro-reform newspaper was shut down...
...history of any other country. They smile at us from magazine covers and give us their opinions on television. Their charitable foundations, growing enormously, are taking government's place as the national laboratory for public projects and social innovation. Never mind the Microsoft antitrust suit. The literally murderous personal rage against rich people that was so much a feature of American life at the outset of the 20th century is today almost nowhere to be found...
When did innocence become so trendy? With the rise of bubblegum pop and teenage purchasing power, reasserting one's virginity is all the rage. It's a tricky little marketing ploy--and as long as no one knows you're lying, it seems harmless, right? Unfortunately, the recent born-again virgins aren't particularly convincing. Case 1: Enrique Iglesias. Enrique is 24, a superstar in virtually every country, and he has women crawling all over him. And still, he claims that he's looking for the right woman to marry and with whom to have his "first" sexual experience. Pluhheeasssee...
...torture because they're not trying to get any information from him and they don't use any torture devices. It's a spontaneous moment of violence. But in the Restoration time period, from 1660 to 1700, someone must have developed a stage rack because it's all the rage in Restoration dramas--the tragedies and not the comedies. They're filled with scenes where someone will get racked on stage. It's still uncertain exactly when this stage rack came about or who built it, but it appears to be part of a general trend in the Restoration...