In the same way that South Africa transformed its horrific history of racism and apartheid to become a beacon of human rights internationally, however, it can transform its appalling AIDS burden to take a global lead on this issue.
Cobham isn't sponsoring the race because it cares about sustainability, it is doing so because it wants to whitewash its appalling business and normalise its arms sales".
It brands you with its appalling cruelty and its terrible beauty.
Take, for example, the curious fact that the members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights elected Libya to its chairmanship in 2003, despite its appalling record, because it was "Africa's turn".
Yotta Yotta might actually win business from corporate customers, especially if it can do something about its appalling name.
It is not understood in all its appalling intricacy, but some understanding is in our grasp, and we may trust our own powers to obtain more.
Now that technology has given India the chance to bin its appalling welfare record, Mr Singh should grab it.
It occurred to me that, for all its appalling record of violence against women and relentless rapes, here was India leading the world by example.
But English has one great handicap: Its appalling spelling and phonetics that make it an extremely difficult language for foreigners to master.
Moreover, as China demonstrated by its appalling economic record through the late 1970s (when it began to adopt market-oriented economic policies), authoritarianism is not the distinguishing characteristic of its growth.
It was criticised by human rights groups for its appalling conditions and subsequently closed.
