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In their brief, intense interaction, Lockjaw develops a covetous one-sided relationship with his conqueror, as rooted in fetishistic lust as it is racism and control.

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The young couple fall into lust, then love, over beers in a Latin American cowboy bar, Uyghur street food and then in a shabby basement apartment.

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In the album’s focus track, “Montón,” an upbeat reggaeton track, the artist surrenders herself to the natural motions of love and lust.

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Yet his behavior and policies — which are rooted in political sadism and a lust for unchecked power — tell a different story.

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Such a decision would be catastrophic, serving only a madman’s lust for power and revenge — and causing America’s democracy to cease to exist.

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

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