Word: inflicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...psychologically, the Crimson will try to take advantage of its perceived wimpy image to inflict a massive hurt on the opponent...
...accord is ultimately implemented without rebel participation, U.S. officials warn that the F.M.L.N. will be able to threaten Duarte's government even if outside military aid is cut off. Operating in small bands and able to retreat to rural hideaways, the rebels could continue to inflict damage in the countryside. Indeed, on the very day that Duarte signed the accord, guerrillas attacked a Salvadoran town called El Triunfo and burned down three public buildings, including the mayor's office. Only days earlier, the insurgents blew up a bridge in Usulutan province, the ninth major span hit in the past seven...
...decision to escort Kuwaiti tankers violated the maxim that helped shape America's successful foreign policy in the early years after World War II: the need to balance commitments and resources. But in this case the commitment has been made, and the damage that a humiliating retreat would inflict on America's reputation would be almost as great as that from the Iranian arms- for-hostages deals. "If the U.S. backs out of this one," says a Western diplomat in the Persian Gulf, "it won't have enough credibility to float a teacup...
While animal-rights advocates concede that conventional animal breeding has produced sickly misfits, they fear that genetic engineering will inflict greater suffering and disability. "Researchers are creating new disease complexes that I certainly couldn't treat," says Veterinarian Fox. He objects to another area of genetic engineering: the development of animals that suffer from human diseases like muscular dystrophy. Yet such creatures would be invaluable in testing new drugs for humans...
...brothers (who are actually former Siamese twins) are obsessed with death; they inflict their grief on the audience by taking elaborate, stop-action films of dead animals decaying. With cheerful music playing on the soundtrack, we watch crocodiles, dalmatians, zebras, tropical fish and the rest of Noah's Ark decompose before our eyes...