Word: sinistere
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The "trial," of course, was primarily a propaganda stunt designed to distract Serb voters ahead of Sunday's election, in which polls indicate they plan to deliver Milosevic a humiliating defeat at the ballot box. Still, nobody's under any illusions that the outcome of the actual vote will prevent...
The unofficial name of this Tennessee-sized swath of jungle officially controlled by the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) evokes a sinister amusement park, and that impression was certainly underscored on my first night there: In the town of San Vicente de Caguan, alongside the FARC...
The sinister funhouse ambience extends to FARC headquarters, some eight miles up a dirt road in Los Pozos, where I found jungle-hardened guerrillas hunched over computers, rifles hanging off the backs of chairs as they answered their e-mail. (FARC's commanders maintain their own Hotmail accounts.) I was...
The President believes above all in the state and the need to protect its prestige. He trusts and supports the men--especially in uniform--who serve it. He accepts that they have a right to juggle with the truth if necessary, and is willing to do it himself if the...
The object of Seaman is to take care of a slimy, sinister creature that looks like a fish with a human face and that will return the favor by verbally abusing you. Oh, yeah, Seaman also features a voice-over narration by Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek's Mr. Spock). It...