Therefore, when he is without virtue, man is the most unscrupulous and savage of the animals.
The new Multidimensional Poverty Index is an important tool for understanding the many savage ways of the beast
That is a bigger funding shortfall than in 2000, on the eve of a savage retrenchment by firms that hurt jobs as well as investment (see chart).
He dashed his head against the knotted trunk; and, lifting up his eyes, howled, not like a man, but like a savage beast getting goaded to death with knives and spears.
She was so stunned by this sudden assault that for a moment she seemed paralysed but she soon gathered her wits about her and began resisting frantically, her blazing eyes riveted on Chia-chu's savage face.
I took a savage gulp at the raw Scotch.
The extravagant savage made the interior and exterior criteria of deterioration.
But where people on the very edge of survival are concerned, romanticism over the "noble savage" fades to irrelevance.
For it is true that everywhere men turn their eyes today much of the world has a truly wild and savage hue.
A lone hawk from afar swooped down from the sky, as if angered, angered by these leaden skies, its spread wings unmoving, until it almost hit the earthen slope of the stream's opposite bank; then it beat its wings and soared back up with a savage stridor.
I am happy to abandon my savage ways.
He was a small, shrivelled person, with bad teeth and a bilious air, an untidy grey beard, and savage eyes.
The savage beating death of a reporter has shone a rare light on the corrupt, money-driven underbelly of Chinese journalism, where many reporters take bribes to write good news and extort companies to suppress their dirty laundry.
He promised to punish the savage act.
I've lived through many "savage" times, without the direction provided by useful metrics in my process, and it's no pleasure.
The Scoop: Del Toro stars as a good-natured man who transforms into a savage wolf by moonlight in this special effects-packed horror remake set in 19th century England.
Most of the time elephants are tame but they can be very savage.
Figures released last week confirmed that the last half of 2008 saw the most savage contraction in demand for motor vehicles since the second world war.
It adds up to a savage, bittersweet portrait of artistic temperament at its worst.
Not the "noble" savage — the "mobile" savage.
He is like a savage who has discovered that his idol was mutilated during the night. There he sits, at the idol's feet, with breadfruit and grease and jabberwocky prayers.
Britain's newspaper market is the world's most savage.
How can people simultaneously demand savage cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and defend special tax breaks favoring hedge fund managers and owners of corporate jets?
Although no big market has escaped the financial crisis unscathed, the collapse in Russia was swifter, more savage and shows fewer signs of recovery than anywhere else.
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