Word: inflicting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...finally awake from nearly six years of misrule, we are recoiling at the damage done to our institutions, the rest of the world and our future. Let's hope this election marks the first step in repairing that damage - or at least checking the power of those who would inflict more. Brad Jarvis Arvada, Colorado, U.S. Throughout history, great men with vision and courage have stood alone in the face of political opposition. Hurrah for the Lone Ranger! John Wiedersatz Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. Bigotry As Comedy Joel Stein's story on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's movie Borat stated that...
...naif with bad taste in beaux. A carnal Candide, a blithe arsonist of men's hearts, she has no calculation in her, just a knowing or beckoning smile. Her face makes a kind of smile when she's crying too, as if even the pain a man can inflict on her is a game played according to her rules. Great screen acting is hard to define but a cinch to spot. That's Brooks in Pandora. Hers is the art that conceals art, the beauty that reveals...
...biggest terrorist threat to Australia homegrown or from overseas? It's not a sort of mathematical equation. People could come here with a self-contained capacity to inflict harm, as we've seen. People could come here and try and get local supporters; we've seen that too. In Melbourne and Sydney, 22 people were arrested between November 2005 and March 2006 and charged with terrorism offences in Australia. If those prosecutions are successful, that would be an example of the straight-out homegrown type. I don't think you can say one of those three possibilities is greater than...
According to Chertoff, Al Qaeda shares similar characteristics with conventional wartime enemies because both have clearly defined political aims, attempt to acquire territory, and are able to inflict damage of wide scope—“three fundamental elements of the current struggle that put it in war,” Chertoff said...
...Whatever your convictions, if you truly believe that those who oppose abortion are all ideologues driven by perverse desires to inflict suffering on women, then you, in my judgment, are not fair-minded. ... I do not ask at this point that you oppose abortion, only that you speak about this issue in fair-minded words...