Word: viciousness
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Somewhere deep in the stony, inhospitable Ogaden desert, a vicious war is being fought with sophisticated weaponry and ground troops made up largely of ill-trained and illiterate peasants. But while the outside world has been denied a look at the actual fighting, the devastation left in the wake of advancing and retreating armies is evident enough...
...superb playmaking of Paul Yeomalakis and Dale Valicenti, who had a goal and two assists apiece, the J.V. hockey team defeated Bowdoin 6-3 yesterday in a game punctuated by some vicious hitting from the boys from Maine...
Number two--John Havens vs. Frank Brosens: Havens, in a word, has been awesome against Princeton. As a freshman two years ago, he pulled the upset of the year by taking a five-game thriller from Princeton's undefeated captain at number two; last year, he fought off a vicious crowd and a tough opponent in Bill Fisher to win in four games at number three...
South of the Mason-Dixon line, the onslaught of winter was no less vicious. A sleet storm came roaring out of Texas at midweek. In such cities as Birmingham and Memphis, the storm disrupted traffic and closed down schools and businesses. In Atlanta, where there are still fresh memories of a 1973 ice storm that downed trees and knocked out power lines for a week, the ominous reports emerging from Alabama and Tennessee sent downtown workers hurrying home early...
Heard on records, the Sex Pistols' music is primitive, purposely repetitive, less melodic than the American brand. In person the Pistols' antics add to the entertainment, if one enjoys a little gutter rebellion and a lot of depleted expectations. Rotten, Vicious, Jones and Drummer Paul Cook are only in their early 20s, but they have mastered the art of the 1950s pelvic thrust completely. Rotten is the live shell: an emaciated, electric figure who jumps from simian crouch to arm-swinging swirl to Groucho Marx prowl. Dissolving a coy smile into a demonic leer, he half snarls, half...