Word: vengefullness
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Wicker always wondered later whether he could have averted the massacre. At the time, he believed in the system, that it would work things out, because it always had. He didn't realize how greatly the police and guards hated and feared the inmates, nor how deeply the inmates mistrusted...
A Target. Although victorious, Hayes remains vengeful against those who tried to unseat him. Publicly he claims to harbor no grudges and no ambitions other than to run for Governor of Ohio. But privately, at a party celebrating his victory, Hays cornered Thompson and asked for the names of the...
In moving to prosecute the six, Premier Constantine Caramanlis responded to growing pressure. Preoccupied with the Cyprus crisis, which brings demonstrators into the streets of Athens with increasing frequency, Caramanlis had been under attack for being too lenient in dealing with former junta members and their collaborators. More than 100...
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [1962]. An almost sickening psychological portrait of two sisters; a vengeful child-actress grown old (Bette Davis) imprisons her crippled sister (Joan Crawford). Ch. 56, 11:30 p.m. B/W.
Perhaps every good young writer should be allowed a book like this one. Still it is a notable disappointment. Three years ago, McHale published two exhilarating novels in quick succession: Principato and Farragan's Retreat. In both he revealed wild comic gusto, a youthful, vengeful rage at certain vagaries...