Word: vendettas
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...Dossier," Daulerio posted rumors about sexual relationships and crude behavior among employees at the network, even singling out a few by name. The sports blogosphere, which had revered Deadspin for helping build its clout, quickly turned against Daulerio. One called him an "embarrassment." Another accused him of "having a vendetta against ESPN because the New York Post did his job better than him." (See the five most overrated blogs...
Sheen’s Clough is not only arrogant but also insecure, desperate for public adulation, and obsessed with outdoing Don Revie (Colm Meaney), his predecessor as manager of Leeds United. Clough’s vendetta against Revie, a well-known historical fact, is nonetheless provided a fictional justification in the film. Soon after Clough has taken over as manager at then-lowly Second Division team Derby County, the First Division champions Leeds United come to Derby for an FA Cup game. In some of the film’s most affecting scenes, Clough and his staff spend weeks trying...
...revenge is futile here. Hirschbiegel’s insights are telling, albeit conventional. From Ireland to Rwanda, people whose lives were destroyed by violence are forced to live next door to those who supported, colluded with, or tacitly approved of their parents’ executioners, and no culture of vendetta can repair the damage already done. The choice between vengeful gratification and reconciliation—or whatever approximation is possible—is a daily one, and one skillfully realized by “Five Minutes of Heaven...
...related street crime isn't directed by a gang boss, what is the best way to prevent the often deadly violence that accompanies it? If there is no criminal mastermind to apprehend, how does one reduce the incidence of what some experts believe is a culture of violence and vendetta...
...Attack: Berlusconi has blamed L'Espresso and its sister newspaper La Repubblica of having a personal vendetta against him and has publicly told advertisers to deny business to the publications. Presenting himself as a victim of the press is an old tactic with an ironic twist, since the Prime Minister personally owns huge swaths of the Italian media. Still, it's becoming increasingly harder for Berlusconi to convince supporters that his opponents are simply making this all up. (Read "Berlusconi Under Attack - from His Wife...