I would like to add another factor: the persistence of primitive ways of living and attitudes in the rural areas, and the power of repugnant customs and traditions in society.
Twice more, British courts ruled in the people's favor, with judges calling the government's behavior "repugnant" and an "abuse of power".
The terrorists' power is illegal, and repugnant to any legitimate, respectable authority.
Bush's power is also illegal and repugnant, although less limited because it is backed by the strongest army in the world, and because thanks to him there's a significant lack of legitimate, respectable authority to appeal to.
A. B. Does the Constitution grant authority to the federal to exercise this power and would it be absolutely and totally repugnant for the states to have similar authority?
Powerful, moving -- and utterly repugnant.
A constant refrain throughout this long literature of complaint, and what European intellectuals even now find most repugnant, is American sanctimoniousness, the habit of dressing the business of power in the garb of piety.
He also admitted Libya was a mess, destabilising neighbouring countries, and described Syria as such an unmitigated disaster that it may now be better to come to a repugnant interim deal that leaves its president, Bashar al-Assad, in power.
While the additional transistors largely boost the processor performance, a repugnant side effect caused by the evolution is the ever-rising power consumption and chip temperature.
He has preserved his position of power through a series of politically expedient but morally repugnant alliances.
