Word: vehement
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...tempting target. Not only was he the brother of Massoud Rajavi, leader of the largest and best-armed Iranian opposition force, the % People's Mujahedin, but he was the group's spokesman before the Geneva-based U.N. Commission on Human Rights, where he was known for his vehement denunciations of the Tehran regime. "For years he tickled the tiger," says Swiss investigating judge Roland Chatelain. "In the end the tiger...
Bisgeier also displayed vehement hostility tothe grunge music playing in Urban Outfitters--"Ihate grunge," she said--but she still felt theholiday spirit. "There's a warm feeling in theair," she said. "It definitely feels likeChristmas...
...only when it serves to illuminate the unknown and improve medical science. But what if the purpose of desecrating the dead is to learn how to make a better Volkswagen? Germany's largest automobile club, ADAC, denounced the experiments with children's bodies as ethically unacceptable. Even more vehement was the Roman Catholic Church: "A repugnance to the conscience," seethed Vatican theologian Gino Concetti, who expressed "uncontrollable indignation" over tests for which there was "no moral justification...
Yvonne Roemer as Ada plays the role with powerful spite, and as the initiator of most of the action, prods the other characters into deeper levels of hatred. She is vehement. The three post-teeny boppers, played by Jessica Yager, Bess Wohl, and Rashida Jones, are bubbly and keep effervescing until the climax leaves them flat. The two widows, played by Rebecca A. Murray and Jenni Paredes, provide timely comic relief; their speech oscillates between keen observation of the way things used to be and transparent example-setting for why they must change...
...applaud the efforts of the women's coaches and athletes who stuck their necks out last spring for the cause of their programs. While they risked a loss of favor in the Department of Athletics, the coaches were vehement and frank. At the very least, their efforts raised awareness about a serious and long-existing problem; quite possibly, they could have provided the impetus for these new donations...