Word: ugliest
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...California when he was 10, and young Frank grew up in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles. "I developed an affinity to creeps," he recalled, "and I've surrounded myself with them ever since." At 15 he read a magazine article that referred to Varese's audacious compositions as "the ugliest music in the world," and he knew he had to hear them; for a birthday present, he cajoled his parents into letting him telephone the old man, then 72 and living in New York City...
...smarm. At least that is his TV and film persona: the preening, been-there, done-that blase buffoon. But Chase insists he won't mock his guests: "The point is to help them relax, don't bully them. I want to have normal people too. One of the ugliest sides of TV is its continual daytime flushing of the underbellies of society in the guise of exposing the real America. Well, I think there are plenty of Americans who are very interesting and aren't screwed up. I don't know who they are yet . . . but we'll find them...
...remain unchanged, the methods of rebellion are now far more dangerous. Today's miscreants know that a pistol says much more than long hair or a pierced nose ever could. Not just louder, but forever. With a $25 investment, all the teasing from classmates stops cold. Suddenly, the shortest, ugliest and weakest kid becomes a player...
...know how to find her. Ever since the youth minister of Corvallis' First Congregational Church came out as a lesbian and an advocate for homosexual rights, she has regularly received death threats. "We're very visible, and the police chief said these death threats were some of the ugliest things she's ever heard in her life. When people talk about coming after you with baseball bats and putting you in your grave, it's very frightening." Neighbors have also spread rumors that she and her partner are witches. A Fundamentalist Christian living nearby has accused the couple of performing...
This ideological and cultural blending strikes some observers as too much of a good thing. Writing in the Atlantic, Rutgers political scientist Benjamin Barber laments what he calls "McWorld." He also identifies the countertrend, the re-emergence of nationalism in its ugliest, most divisive and violent form...