Word: relentlessness
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There may have been gusting, relentless winds. There may have been frigid weather...
...Maestro has filled his backyard with cow sculpture, created hundreds of clay cadillacs (the modern cowboy's horse), painted with air brushes and fabric paint and appliqued sequins and playing cards onto his works. Though the work does a very good impression of kitsch, it is distinguished by its relentless variety and Gaxiola's unique, informed stance towards the art World...
...negotiated on behalf of the guinea worm,'' gibed a State Department official. Indeed, the combatants had agreed to stop fighting largely to allow aid workers to treat a terrible parasitic disease. While the pause might open the door to negotiations, it seems unlikely to end Sudan's relentless slaughter. Carter did not address the fundamental conflict over the government's insistence on imposing Islamic law throughout the country...
Canada should be lauded and its guidance sought in renegotiating the United Nations' Law of the Sea Convention, which guarantees each nation exclusive economic rights 200 miles from its shore. The Convention needs to meet the exigencies of the modern, relentless threat of total fisheries extinction. Instead, Canada is ostracized and called a pirate. This is a lesson in how politics works...
...rarely even mentioned in the films. Instead, Kieslowski probes beneath the surface of each commandment, unearthing a trove of questions. What is the nature of familial love? Is capital punishment another form of murder? Can man make his own Gods? Kieslowski's ten films bring the commandments under relentless scrutiny...