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"For that first week I was there, I was just continually seeing violence and cruelty and spitefulness," he said.

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In Chicago, Bovino has dialed the cruelty and spectacle to 11.

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Here we talk of impossible love, of passion and jealousy, of loss and the practical cruelties that make desire without relief.

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Today, “ICE” bears the same chill: An acronym that flattens cruelty into three clean letters.

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A salmon farming firm at the centre of cruelty claims has lost the Royal Warrant it has held for 35 years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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