Word: wrathful
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When the earth cracks open to dismantle a city, then metaphysical questions come boiling up. What would Muir learn? What does the cataclysm have to teach? That the earth retains its genius for the wild surprise? Or that some profound principle of disorder and annihilating wrath has been set loose in the world...
...Cubans are coming! The Cubans are coming! That is the battle cry these days of angry Mexican Americans in the Los Angeles area. The target of their wrath: local TV station KVEA, an affiliate of Telemundo, the Spanish-language television network that hit the airwaves two years ago. Although West Coast Chicanos were at first delighted to tune into broadcasts in their own language, some gradually became alarmed at what they call the "Cubanization" of KVEA, which picks up much of its programming from Telemundo's operations center near Miami. "The programming does not reflect the linguistic, cultural and ethnic...
...Philadelphia clinic's "success" has invigorated others who feel they have been slighted by the so-called "pro-life" movement's efforts. The town of Brookline, Mass--branded as unpatriotically liberal during the last presidential campaign--is invoking the wrath of RICO against Operation Rescue. Brookline is home to several abortion clinics and has therefore been the target of repeated protests. The town wants money for police overtime and injuries incurred by officers in the line of duty...
First, the staff directs its wrath toward the "elitist" nature of the clubs. This position, when taken to its logical conclusion, bears frightening consequences for American society...
...central romance, like the political backdrop, is a rescue fantasy. Soldier Chris (Simon Bowman) meets Kim (Lea Salonga), a village girl turned prostitute, and seeks to save her from that servitude, then from the wrath of a cousin to whom she was betrothed in childhood. At last, impulsively, he vows to save her from the coming chaos. His heart is good, but his head is clouded: he has no thought for the practical realities of her future in an alien land, only for the sweet moment of his own chivalry. Even that fails. In this revamping of Madama Butterfly, Chris...