Word: horror
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...peeked over Stith’s shoulder to watch in absolute horror as the speedometer crept passed 40 mph. The wind in our faces was growing—it wanted to pick me off the bike and flick me away like a troublesome booger at the end of its fingertip...
...recent German history, a 19-year-old expelled pupil opened fire on school staff members, killing 13, as well as two students and a policeman, before turning the gun on himself. Police said the scene at the Gutenberg Gymnasium in the eastern city of Erfurt was a "picture of horror," with bodies strewn throughout the building. The shooting followed a similar revenge attack at a school outside Munich in February and came as parliament coincidentally voted to extend already strict controls on weapons ownership...
Therein lies the true horror of Sweeney Todd. Though the play’s tragic ending is itself disturbing, the fact that the audience sympathizes with the perpetrators of such bloodshed is exponentially more disturbing...
...began auditioning for parts prior to her first year at Harvard. During these early years of her career, the opportunities were less than stellar. “In the middle of college,” says Mira, “I was offered a horror movie which was so salacious and disgusting that I turned it down. The director said, ‘I don’t understand, many girls would give their right arm for this part!’ I finally had to tell him that I had to say no on religious grounds [laughter], that...
...week after the three-year anniversary of the rampage at Columbine High School, a similar horror played out in Germany. A 19-year-old, recently expelled from Johann Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt, returned to the scene of his humiliation armed with a pump-action shotgun and a handgun, killing 17 people, including 14 teachers, two students and a police officer. He then shot and killed himself...