These skyscrapers, in Moscow and Warsaw, were an expression of ruthless dominance, but had certain curious differences.
Al-Jazeera condemned the verdicts, saying they were part of a "ruthless" campaign against freedom of expression, and called on the international community to show solidarity with the journalists.
Al Jazeera condemned the verdicts, saying they were part of a "ruthless" campaign against freedom of expression, and called on the international community to show solidarity with the journalists. .
Their individual dance skills were undeniable, ranging from audience favourite Nagueye Mahmoud's eons-long, physics-defying head spins, to lanky Patrick M'bala's funky footwork and facial expressions, Junior Bordeau's ruthless power moves and Moncef Zeberi's humbling flexibility, to my personal favourite, Mehdi Meziane, of the rhythm, flavour, and for lack of a better word -- stomp.
If the players were no longer drawn from the farmlands of both countries, they were still made of the same metal: hard, ruthless, profoundly competitive sorts for whom rugby was the ultimate expression of nationhood.
In pop culture, the clearest expression of the deep state is Dar Adal, the ruthless spymaster played by F. Murray Abraham on "Homeland," a character so unfamiliar to American audiences that the producers gave him a Middle Eastern-sounding name.
In an intense second day of testimony, one of the prosecutors, Robert Petit, portrayed the 66-year-old Duch (pronounced DOIK) as a committed and ruthless chief of Tuol Sleng prison and questioned the sincerity of his expressions of remorse.
He remains an enigmatic figure in English history: ambitious, greedy for power and wealth, ruthless, and sometimes dishonest, but with a vision of benevolent authoritarian government and efficient administration to which he often gave persuasive expression.
