Once, the entire Andamans were perceived as a "Satan's stronghold", an abode of a ferocious race that The Travels of Marco Polo caricatures as – "idolaters", "no better than wild beasts", who have "heads like dogs, and teeth and eyes likewise", " a most cruel generation", who would eat everybody they could catch.
The great wave of decolonization that swept through Asia and Africa following WW2 had struck, at the tip of Africa, a formidable anomaly, if not an immovable object: a regional superpower with a modern industrial economy, a ferocious race-based police state, and a large, well-armed and deeply rooted white minority.
Steinbrenner is engaged in a ferocious arms race with the Boston Red Sox, fishing deep into his revenue streams for anyone who has ever pitched a scoreless inning out of the bullpen and other, more expensive prize winter catches.
Four years later, he famously took on Scheidt in a ferocious duel in the final race, sailing him to the back of the fleet to clinch gold.
He ran a smooth, patient race, though, making a ferocious charge over the final three hurdles.
Despite the surface glamour of the Oscar race, studio executives have been waging a ferocious, and almost entirely private, debate about the value of joining the hunt.
COLORADO SPRINGS — Hundreds of firefighters battled lashing winds on Thursday as they raced to halt the spread of a ferocious wildfire that state officials said has destroyed more homes than any other in Colorado's history.
The 2012 presidential race is roiling and Republicans are in a ferocious battle to determine who will face off against Obama in the election.
The chief Republican operative in John Cornyn's race against Kirk in Texas is Dave Beckwith, a ferocious competitor and a veteran of some hardball campaigns.
Jonjo Shelvey raced on to a smart one-two with Daryl Murphy before sending a ferocious volley goalwards, forcing Habsi to save.
His was a ferocious honesty.
