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...said about this book, and about vampires in general, that you prefer more vicious ones, none of this "Romantic languid young men sucking the necks of beautiful people." That aspect of vampirism has never attracted me. In Polidori's Vampyre, the beauty of Lord Ruthven - who is the vampire in that story - the beauty of him is that he's both. He is described as a creature in one scene, and he's also the romantic lead. Those strands will always be intertwined in the common imagination. But I'm attracted much more to the re-animated corpse hungry...
...several important emerging markets, like China, dipped for the first time in decades. We encouraged American and European policymakers to take aggressive action to forestall the crisis, and were supportive of the Bush Administration’s financial rescue plan.Around Thanksgiving, we were truly horrified by the brutal and vicious terrorist attacks in Mumbai. We urged the Indian government to take a moderate line towards Pakistan, expressed our hope that the United States would support the Indian government’s anti-terrorism initiatives, and sent our condolences to the people of Mumbai. And this was not the only sign...
...memoir recounting the days he spent as Kim Jong Il's personal chef in Pyongyang, Kenji Fujimoto calls Kim Jong Un, the third son of the North Korea dictator, the "Prince." "When Jong Un shook hands with me," Fujimoto writes, "he stared at me with a vicious look. I cannot forget the look in the Prince's eyes: it's as if he was thinking, 'This guy is a despicable Japanese.'" Jong Un, Fujimoto also writes, is "a chip off the old block, a spitting image of his father in terms of face, body shape and personality...
...These were nasty, vicious, mean, ugly comments and had no place at the dinner.' KARL ROVE, Fox News contributor and former senior adviser to President George W. Bush; Limbaugh did not respond to Sykes' remarks...
...that tarnishes Russia's image. "More and more frequently, we are coming across historical falsifications," he said in a video blog on May 7, two days before Victory Day, which celebrates the WW II defeat of Nazi Germany by Soviet forces. "Such attempts are becoming more vicious, evil and aggressive. We will not allow anyone to cast doubt on the heroic feat of our people." (See pictures of Victory Day in Russia...