Word: violente
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...mellow listen by any standard, but it doesn’t have the same type of edge as other NIN albums. The album uses smoother production values to create surprising moods—it occasionally even grooves. Although it’s a cool track, “My Violent Heart” is so studio-slick that it will probably see as much live performance as past hit “Perfect Drug”: that is to say, none. And while a couple of tracks—like “Survivalism”—will...
...some classmates in his playwriting class. They had grown alarmed at what they heard when it was his turn to present his plays for peer review. The works were violent, obsessive and often focused on sexual abuse. One especially profane play titled Mr. Brownstone told of a student being repeatedly sodomized by a teacher. Another was about a 13-year-old who accuses his stepfather of abusing him. The protagonist's mother at one point brandishes a chainsaw. The play ends with the stepfather crushing the boy to death...
...include construction companies, schools, hospitals, dispensaries, and micro-finance initiatives,” he writes. “Hezbollah hospital and clinic staff also treat walk-in patients, regardless of political views or their sect, for only a small fee.” Yet Norton also deals with the violent aspects of Hezbollah, including its conflict with Israel in the summer of 2006, which garnered a vast amount of attention from the international community. Norton wisely avoids condoning its actions while providing a compelling explanation for the authority Hezbollah has in some sectors of Lebanese society, including holding seats...
...tests and end romances and even suffer unspeakable abuse as children. And while there are a lot of narcissists in the world, many of whom crash and burn in their personal and professional lives, only an infinitesimal fraction of even the most unstable people lash out in remotely as violent a way as mass killers do. So what should we look for in people for whom such a homicidal rage is a real risk...
However much time colleges put into their efforts, there's no surefire way to predict violent behavior, and jumping to conclusions can have dire consequences for troubled students. "The label may stick and become part of their definition of themselves," says Gary Pavela, a judicial-policy expert at the University of Maryland and the author of a book on student suicide. And when that happens, there's no telling what tragic end the tale might have...