Word: recoiling
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Humanity should hang its head in shame for its collective responsibility for the recurrent senseless violence in the Middle East these past 50 years [WORLD, Oct. 16]. Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad would recoil at the sight of what their "faithful" followers are saying and doing, invoking their names for all sorts of claims to a handful of acres in and around Jerusalem. CALVIN Y. HADIDIAN Cranberry Township...
Although the tech community may recoil at such a proposal--and at Bush's remarkable denial of personal volition--the plan makes political sense. It takes what most people see as a technological dragon and promises that it will be slain by a technological St. George, filter software that can scan through the Internet and block access to anything objectionable--pornography, hate speech, bomb-making instructions, you name it. Since it's a technical issue, the computer experts will handle it, and the electorate can go back to sleep. Unfortunately, the problem isn't that simple: Filter software is beset...
...scientists studying the business of parenting, parting the curtain on the animal world helps explain not only how mothering strategies work but also how they sometimes break down. Confused teens aren't the only mothers who abandon their babies; other mammals do it too. Parents may recoil when a Susan Smith drowns her sons in a South Carolina pond, but scientists routinely observe infanticidal animals--apparently driven by similarly dark demons--committing similarly black acts...
...quote's significance lies not in a name that makes most readers recoil, but rather in the possibility for people to do good. Though different denominations espouse varying views on salvation, many insist on the possibility of forgiveness for crimes--no matter the severity...
...face and body are scraped and oozing, and his clothes are torn. Slurring his words, the new passenger says he just fell off his bike and asks to be taken the additional stop to the heart ofCentral Square. As he lunges into the front seat, the other riders recoil; one finally puts out a hand to keep him from falling off his seat. Despite the driver's offering to call help or take him to a hospital, the injured man insists on Central Square, and the driver opens the door to let him off just before the crowded main stop...