Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most esteemed evangelist in America is a vicious, foulmouthed, whisky-swilling slob who carries on a flagrant liaison with a pea-brained wench. He treats his preacher son like dirt and shells out cash here and there to hush up his scandals. That's the protagonist of Miracle, a squalid novel by Dotson Rader (Random House...
...rule on the track. It was instead continuous thirds, fourths and fifths that kept Harvard on the heels of Northeastern. The lone victor for the Crimson on the track was co-captain Paul Organ, who took the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.38, while battling a vicious head wind...
...RESULT of such problems has been an alarming increase in the incidence of disease and malnutrition among the very young. Babies fed with formula under inappropriate conditions are caught in a vicious, ultimately debilitating cycle--underweight babies are prone to infections causing diarrhea, and babies with diarrhea extract fewer nutrients from the food they eat, aggravating the malnutrition. Bottle formulas lack the immunilogical benefits of breast feeding, which are especially key in unsanitary conditions. Scientists believe that immunity probably comes from the initial dose of antibodies in the colostrum (the yellowish fluid that comes from the mother's breast...
Some hunched against the cement pillars, battling vicious stomach cramps and fighting the post-race nausea that caused many to return their food to the garage floor. Almost everyone hobbled on their heels or the sides of their feet, avoiding blistered toes and sore soles...
...almost identical terms. After the Palestinian raid on Israel, in which 34 Israelis were killed and 78 injured as a hijacked bus careened wildly southward along the highway between Haifa and Tel Aviv, Sadat denounced the episode as "tragic and irresponsible," and added sadly. "Let us break this vicious circle of action and reaction, because it will lead to nothing...