Word: resorted
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...looking for a criminal class in the animal kingdom, look no further than the higher male primate. Gorilla males coolly murder infants fathered by other males to free up nursing mothers for breeding; orangutans will resort to rape if their mating overtures are rebuffed; rival gangs of chimpanzees may wage bloody border wars to protect their turf or enlarge their harems. And the evolutionary big brother of all these creatures, the human male, has a rap sheet that's too long to contemplate...
...This resort to cliche--the director also owes a debt to Francis Ford Coppola, whose Godfather technique of crosscutting between scenes of intense violence and blissful ordinariness he borrows--is matched by a taste for dubious historical speculation. Seeking to disarm critics on that score, Jordan has owned up to the usual minor sins of historical fiction: conflating characters, telescoping events, making reasonable guesses about unknown motives. But it would seem he has gone further than that...
...being a fan of militant political correctness, I wondered if The Crimson was going too far. If sensitivity sessions and considered changes to the bylaws on sexual and racial harassment would make The Crimson into a haven for the politically correct, I wondered if The Crimson would resort to assigning stories based on race and ethnicity--if only black reporters would cover black issues and if only women reporters would cover Radcliffe...
...officials, but Rwandan courts have tens of thousands of suspects detained in overcrowded jails. There are significant challenges before both tribunals, but the stakes couldn't be greater. Says Purvis: "The rumor on the ground in Rwanda is that if these people aren't brought to justice, people will resort to the only sure way to settle the score: more ethnic violence." -->
...counterpart, Massoud Barzani, "a traitor" for opening the door to Iraq. In an exclusive interview with Time, Barzani, who has always believed in a federal union with Iraq, cited the Iranian involvement. "All we have done is to defend ourselves against the foreign threat of invasion." Speaking at the resort of Asalahuddin, 18 miles north of Erbil, he said, "We are still willing to cooperate with America if it is really serious." He does not rule out the possibility of mending fences with Talabani--nor has he given up on the dream of a Kurdish homeland. "Hopelessness is a kind...