The earl has vivid memories of what he describes as "the appalling excesses carried out by the police".
This selective history stays just shy of sentimental overkill: British abuses during the famine are vividly described, while the appalling excesses of the New York Draft Riots in 1863 are glossed over.
4. Stories about the Goodie Bags Yes, the excess is appalling, and my, aren't we all suckers for celebrity endorsement.
Coates's two books show how twinned fears of crime and punishment can be mutually reinforcing: how the historic failure of the police to keep African-Americans safe from violence can make police excesses all the more appalling.
Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded the excess of fighting games the "Most Appalling Trend" award of 1995.
More disturbing still... it lays bare the appalling shortcomings of the constitution and establishment, which failed to restrain the former prime minister's excesses or protect our troops from needless danger".
It's appalling — appalling.
