Word: poison
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...impact on the events of the 20th century was also the century's most evil person: Adolf Hitler. The century was filled with inspirational leaders who advanced its most powerful idea, freedom of the individual--people like the two Roosevelts, Churchill, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. But the poison unleashed by Hitler and his terrible contemporary Joseph Stalin survives. Not only must we still mourn, at century's end, the tens of millions who died as a result of their actions, but we can still see in many parts of the world, from Kosovo to Rwanda, murderous echoes...
...noticed it. When you order alcohol, you get a pure full glass. That's because alcohol is poison and kills you. When you order soda (not "pop" you midwestern freaks), you get a pure full glass. That's because soda is glorified sugar water blended with dye #735a, also known as poison which kills...
...Youk, and the judge told the jury that sympathy for either the patient or the doctor was no excuse. Prosecutor John Skrzynski was unrelenting in plucking the feathers of the self-described angel of mercy. He called Kevorkian "a medical hit man in the night with a bag of poison to do his job." And he said, "There are 11 million souls buried in Europe that can tell you that when you make euthanasia a state policy, some catastrophic things can evolve from that...
True, the damage being done by poison chemicals today is far worse than it was when she wrote the book. Yet one shudders to imagine how much more impoverished our habitat would be had Silent Spring not sounded the alarm. Well crafted, fearless and succinct, it remains her most celebrated book, although her wonderful essays on the sea may be remembered longer. Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters...
While Cunningham does not travel over theAtlantic to cheer his friend on, the Bostoncontingent of Ballina, Cunningham included,gathers at the Kells in Allston for the playoffs,raising their voices and their Guinnesses insupport of their hometown stars.CrimsonSarah E. HenricksonPICK YOUR POISON:Irish pubs offerdrinks form the traditional Guinness to Americanbeers like Red Dog and Budweiser...