And Dr. Cain, in a previous study he did of high school athletes who had Tommy John surgery, discovered something even more appalling — previous to the surgery, most had had only two weeks off from throwing a year.
But actually something even more appalling is about to occur: Will.i.am, creator of the nightmarishly cultish "Yes We Can" video, is débuting a new Obama video today, featuring (presumably teary-eyed) Election-Day testimonials by celebrities.
(Roughly 8 billion hangers are tossed each year, taking up the space of 4.6 Empire State Buildings in landfills. For more appalling statistics, go to the Ditto website).
In the current political cycle, darker by far than any in recent memory, love-speech has been used to respond to ever more appalling eruptions of hatred.
The hubris of S.&P. is galling, but perhaps more appalling is the failure to hold it responsible for its actions.
If possible, what's even more appalling was our decision to fill our prisons with men and women accused only of possessing drugs.
Rita Dove, who recently completed a term as the United States Poet Laureate, and who believes that Simpson was guilty, found it "appalling that white people were so outraged — more appalling than the decision as to whether he was guilty or not".
Their responses have become, if anything, more interesting with the passage of time: Rita Dove, who recently completed a term as the United States Poet Laureate, and who believes that Simpson was guilty, found it "appalling that white people were so outraged — more appalling than the decision as to whether he was guilty or not".
Each slaughter of innocents seems to get more appalling.
