Word: inhumanity
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...Bella in Twilight observes Edward’s inhuman characteristics—his lack of appetite, ability to save her from a swerving car, and stunning physical appearance—and concludes that he is a vampire. The Belle in Nightlight observes similar “inhuman” traits in Edwart and decides that he’s a vampire after he saves her from a snowball and (gasp!) does not finish his tater tots in the cafeteria...
...reforms, likely to be enacted by the Senate this week, significantly expand due process rights beyond the law Bush muscled through Congress in 2006. Statements obtained by "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" would be prohibited. Hearsay evidence would be harder to introduce in a commission proceeding. Defendants would have a greater ability to select their own counsel. And Administration lobbyists successfully fought for even broader protections in the bill that was approved by House-Senate conferees and passed by the full House...
...this year (hey, we didn’t say every development would be negative). And we expect ice cream socials to soon become ice cube socials or just cream socials. Freshmen might actually go hungry this year or grow fatigued without this sustenance—necessary to maintaining those inhuman enthusiasm levels during the first days on campus. Opening Days just won’t be the same without those sugar-induced, grinning faces...
...condemned the NPD's statements, and party officials asked state prosecutors to investigate whether criminal charges could be pressed on grounds of incitement to racial hatred. State prosecutors have launched an official inquiry. "The NPD is aggressive, xenophobic and inhuman," says Heiko Senebald, a spokesman for the CDU in Hildburghausen. "The NPD pretends to be looking after local communities, but the party has revealed its true colors by attacking Zeca Schall...
...accused of stealing three mobile phones and two AK-47s to the amputation of their right hands and left legs. The sentence, whose execution was postponed after the al-Shabaab court decided the hot weather might cause the four men to bleed to death, was condemned as "cruel, inhuman and degrading" by Amnesty International. The incident highlighted both the kind of neighbor Kenya and Ethiopia might soon face and the question of whether either country should intervene to prevent such a calamity...