Word: viscious
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...three angry bites, gnashing down a blazing chicken straight from the oven with his bare hands, slicing and gulping down long meaty lengths of sausage. All the while his sculpted good looks, strong cheekbones and short, rumpled hair bring an unnerving purity to his appearance no matter how viscious his crimes. The audience immediately sides with Delon's Tom because though he lives on deceit, he lies the American way--with practice, with no shame or guilt, and with the conviction that he deserves the upward social mobility his crimes let him achieve...
Recent suicide bombs in Israel bring Paine's words to life once again. The peace process and all the fundamental assumptions that accompanied it have been called into question. Even the steadfast, dovish soldiers of the Left are unsure of the future. The viscious, remorseless behavior of Hamas terrorists tries the souls of those of us who want to believe in the possibility of Middle East peace...
...Hoop Dreams" is the story of viscious "hopes" of cultural pathology and unrequited "dreams" of evanescent fame. There are moments of extraordinary grace along the way, some intimations of hope and the occasional tremendous jam. But these moments are fleeting. As long as these cycles keep on spinning and these misguided dreams are dreamt, there can be little hope for William Gates and Arthur Agee--of, for that matter...
...HARD to locate an ugly core to the American health care crisis: There are too many problems--administrative waste, lack of preventive care, misapplied technology--and they all seem to cause each other, creating a viscious uncontrollable cycle. But the current discussion of health care difficulties focuses on two primary problems: the plight of the uninsured and the skyrocketing cost of medical insurance...
Playing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the men's soccer team manages to get past the University of Connecticut, 1-0, even though the game is played in front of 8000 viscious Huskie partisans in Storrs, Conn. David Kramer scores the game-winner...