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Risk is a "horrid word" according to the Wales head coach, who refused to acknowledge there was any risk in choosing England as friendly opponents.

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A former employee at the notorious Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center is speaking out against the facility, describing horrid conditions and “inhumane” treatment of detainees.

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"It's a real strong, horrid smell that you can't escape," said Sarah Lewis.

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The timid and cowardly do have a point, though: Americans, by and large, remain horrid on the issue of treating immigrants with dignity.

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Another woman said she had hoped to go to university but her life chances had been taken away "by these people who did these horrid things to me".

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

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