Word: slaughter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scrounged for a candidate willing to oppose Agnew, but were turned down by Lindsay. Rockefeller refused to cooperate with the revolt, even though some of his allies, notably Rhode Island Governor John Chafee, were leading it. Finally George Abbott of Nevada nominated Romney. The ensuing vote was a cruel slaughter: 1,128 for Agnew to 178 for Romney. The loser then followed tradition by moving to make the nomination unanimous...
Much of Rose's atavistic attitude comes indirectly from the old St. Louis Gas House Gang. "I once saw a Reds-Cards game," he says, "where Enos Slaughter drew a walk and ran hard to first base. I decided right then that that was what I was going to do as long as I played ball." A more immediate propellant was Pete Sr., a semipro football player with the old Cincinnati Bengals, who taught his son to switch...
...story's hero is given what might be called Eichmann's choice: do evil for duty's sake or rebel. Inevitably, there is a convict rebellion; inevitably, it is suppressed by slaughter, in which Halloran must fire (though he fires high), and he later helps a leader of the rebellion to escape. Inevitably, his girl hangs, and he hangs. It is as economical, as predestined as that. The last paragraph is visible from the first page...
Shaw took care that his Christians were not carbon copies of each other. As he commented, "All my articulate Christians have different enthusiasms." And in the case of Ferrovius he allowed a would-be martyr to fail at the moment of trial by committing wholesale slaughter. In a striking change from his other roles for the Festival, Charles Cioffi gives Ferrovius a low, gruff voice and makes him a quick-tempered powerhouse, an ogre. Later, when he returns from the arena brandishing a bloody sword, he makes a wonderful effect not by howling, "Cut off this right hand...
...himself admits that if the war turns into a guerrilla fight in the bush many of his army officers "are not tough enough for that." But the Biafrans apparently choose to die from starvation rather than reach an agreement with the federal government that might expose them to another slaughter...