Word: vitriolic
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...leading approach to her interviews. In overhearing her other interviews, it became clear that she was searching solely for quotes that supported her position. Hence her brusque dismissal of the one quoted student who wanted to (gasp!) make an informed statement rather than spew aimless vitriol...
Morris spent the rest of the night talking to his wife and writing the resignation statement that would be released the next morning, after he and his wife left town and headed back to Connecticut. "I will not subject my wife, family or friends to the sadistic vitriol of yellow journalism," was his only comment on the tabloid allegations. Still, Clinton aides were furious that in his statement Morris credited himself with helping the President "come back from being buried in a landslide" and that Morris ended by comparing himself to Robert Kennedy. Like himself, the strategist wrote, Kennedy regarded...
...strongest vitriol has been aimed at candidate and current President Robert M. Hyman '98-'97, the clear leader in the field, according to a Crimson poll conducted over the weekend...
...MONTHS I WATCHED THE EVER changing definition of "negativity" in the primary coverage. First there was hand wringing over negative ads by Steve Forbes. The next round of slash-and- burn advertising was between Dole and Alexander. Now the vitriol is directed at the followers of Buchanan. This has become a feeding frenzy by a smarmy coalition of Establishment Republicans, Democrats and newsies from left and right. I am an agnostic pro-choice woman living not a mile from Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. There are no skinheads here. There is no hate here. The hate, venom...
Although Adams dosed his speech at the community center with anti-British vitriol, the main thrust of his activities in recent days has been an attempt to put the peace process back on track. Adams believes the I.R.A. would declare a new cease-fire if all-party talks were firmly scheduled. Once the proper negotiating package is put together, says Adams, "the I.R.A. will see it quite clearly and renew the cease-fire...