Word: wrath
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...Rights of Women became an international bestseller and exposed the lady to the baritone wrath of conservatives and liberals alike. She was vilified for arguing that women should be able to achieve financial independence and for suggesting that given equal education and opportunity, females would be the professional equal of men. Horace Walpole called her a "philosophical serpent" and a "hyena in petticoats." Even her friends, the liberal though pious Dissenters, were shocked by her challenge to the ancient wisdom that considered women to be imperfect...
...leaders called for a new Euro-Middle East alliance, perhaps to replace the Atlantic Alliance. The French, responding to what they call the "New Reality" of oil-based Arab power, were especially obsequious in their attentions. The Dutch, long outspoken defenders of Israel, fell silent in fear of Arab wrath...
...Wrath. Lebanese police and the P.L.O. immediately blamed Israel, while rumors floated that an Israeli counterterrorist organization called the Wrath of God Squad, purportedly attached to the office of Premier Yitzhak Rabin, was responsible. Although Israeli officials denied both the existence of the squad and the participation of any military units in the attack, they did not issue a similar denial on behalf of Israel's civilian intelligence agencies...
...that AFL-CIO President George Meany has passed the word that the new Congressmen are honor-bound to reciprocate or face labor's wrath in the next election. Does Mr. Meany feel that he has bought their votes on labor-oriented bills with AFL-CIO campaign contributions? If a Congressman does not vote on a bill solely on its own merits because of these donations, then it sounds like bribery...
...Food Services staff is understandably reluctant to consider such possibly unpopular policy changes as restricting portions and using more soybeans, fearing the wrath of their dissatisfied "customers." But this fear should not prevent anyone from experimenting. It may just turn out that people here are beginning to think of themselves less as customers and more as people living in a world that is threatened by the possibility of starvation on a massive scale. The point is that food is a social commodity that should be distributed according to need and not according to purchasing power...