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Her most disturbing studies came in the mid-1970s, when she and her team of field workers began to record a series of savage attacks.

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It sparked a savage campaign of violence against his associates.

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He said the US preferred a negotiated end to the war, but that "sometimes when you're dealing with a group of savages like Hamas, that's not possible".

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The Department of Homeland Security keeps posting images and artwork that celebrate Manifest Destiny — the idea that white people, and white people alone, saved this savage continent.

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She also savaged some of the Budget speculation over tax rises on property, banks and pensions as not just "wrong" but "irresponsible".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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