Word: vicious
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This time last week, I got into the most vicious fight I’ve ever had with my mother. We were screaming over the phone so loudly my roommate hid in her room, traumatized by that special exchange of profanities that only a mother and daughter can share...
...compared with the resulting fallout the party faces in the general election. If the campaign turns in to a gloves-off fight until the Pennsylvania primary, whoever emerges from the rubble will be in a considerably weaker position to face the Republican Party. If it is Hillary Clinton, the vicious campaigning will have served to remind voters of her divisiveness. This certainly seemed the case in South Carolina. If Barack Obama is the candidate, his message of a new, hopeful brand of politics will have been wholly undermined by insult warfare. Not to mention that an extended period of bare...
Even if the projections bear out, Mosul still remains a vicious battleground for Iraq, which has seen overall violence fall dramatically in recent months in the wake of the surge. And the city of 1.8 million people continues to vex U.S. military leaders, who have watched its troubles ebb and flow over the years...
...problem of communication produces a vicious circle. When the Athletic Department fails to provide an appropriate structure for JV teams, it is quite natural that JV athletes should find themselves less enthusiastic about showing up to practices and games...
...biofuels go up - the European Union alone targets 5.75% of all its transport fuel to come from biofuel by the end of the year - the price of crops rises. That in turn encourages farmers to clear virgin land and plant more crops, releasing even more carbon in a vicious cycle. For instance, as the U.S. uses more biodiesel, much of which is made from soybeans or palm oil, farmers in Brazil or Indonesia will clear more land to raise soybeans to replace those used for fuel. "When we ask the world's farmers to feed 6 billion people...