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...much murder and evildoing is to dehumanize the victim, to make him alien, to make him Other, a different species. When we have done that, we have prepared ourselves to kill him, for to kill the Other, to kill a snake, a roach, a pest, a Jew, a scorpion, a black, a centipede, a Palestinian, a hyena, an Iraqi, a wild dog, an Israeli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Moment for the Dead | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

...Oscar nominations, make for two splendid carnivores; they both have scintillating street wit and legs that go on for days. Cusack, as the would-be lion tamer, naturally gets devoured. And a swell sight it is too, a mother consuming her young, for the same reason a mama scorpion does: she's hungry. That's Jim Thompson's world, and now Hollywood is welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

After draining our Scorpion Bowl, we spotted some friends...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: We Came, We Saw, We Drank | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...What's in a Scorpion Bowl...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: We Came, We Saw, We Drank | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...scorpion said, 'This is the Middle East,'" the president said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan: Senate May Impede Arms Talks | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

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