vengefulness

• “But they have a particular vengefulness which is particularly nasty.”

  The Cameron Correction

• “Once Crowley knew (and he did know in short order) that Gates was not a “skell” but rather, a “swell”, instead of extending to him the usual treatment accorded folks of his station (Imagine Gates 'peer and fellow Harvard Professor Lawrence Summers — being treated as Gates was ...), a certain vengefulness won out.”

  Archive 2009-08-01

• “He plays Lopakhin, the up-and-coming merchant who buys the estate on which his ancestors worked as slaves, with a bitter touch of Shylock-like vengefulness—yet he is no less alive to Lopakhin's ludicrous, even pathetic side.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The End Of the Line

• “Religion can also increase aggressive tendencies or hostile attitudes against perceived competitors or out-group members and in some instances intensify vengefulness.”

  The Huffington Post: Matt J. Rossano: Who is My Neighbor?: The Best and Worst of Religious Morality

• “A woman whose nefarious vengefulness coupled with a most shocking violation of her fiduciary duty as Rwanda's Minister for Family Welfare and Women's Development led to some of the darkest pages of the Rwandan Genocide.”

  The Huffington Post: Sam Sasan Shoamanesh: Nyiramasuhuko: The Mother Who Awarded Rape for Murder

• “Was there even a hint of vengefulness or gladness at Osama bin Laden's death?”

  The Huffington Post: Should We Have Celebrated Osama Bin Laden's Death?

• “But he pronounced he felt no sourness or vengefulness toward his brothers attackers.”

  Archive 2009-11-01

• “That, perhaps, was the most insidious element of Cheneyism, with its push to vocalise bloodlust and irrational vengefulness and make it part of everyday political discourse. wiley Says:”

  Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate

• “Dillane gives us rare grace and nobility as he evolves from initial vengefulness into weary forgiveness," she says.”

  The Guardian: What to say about ... Sam Mendes's Bridge Project

• “While I think great states, including Iran, operate mostly through carefully considered strategic calculus, such is not always the case -- and Iran's chances of emotion-led behavior or vengefulness, or accidents, increase.”

  The Huffington Post: Steve Clemons: Stop Hyperventilating: Obama Will Not Choose War with Iran

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