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  • n  the property of being untamed and ferocious
    the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters

  • Denouncing the shooting of his henchmen as the "savageness of Communist methods," he proclaimed, "I am not under obligation to the CTM, and am in favor of neither the Nazis nor .
  • The broadening of targets to include suburban and rural preserves -- and the savageness of the crimes that fill the news -- has left far more Americans feeling vulnerable.
  • With blood streaming down his cheek for the first time in his career, the champion went after Baer with the savageness for which he is famed.
Quotes

  • Orville Schell in San Jose Mercury News
    When asked how he felt about Halberstam's sudden death, Schell replied, "What can one say? The fragility of life sometimes just intrudes with a kind of savageness that we normally don't pay much attention to."
  • John F Kennedy in Yahoo! News
    Kennedy concluded by urging Americans to dedicate themselves "to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."
  • Robert Kennedy in Inquirer.net
    We must tame the savageness of man to make gentle the life of this world,said Robert Kennedy.

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