One can only wonder at people who can be so exquisitely sensitive in protecting Islam's reputation yet so utterly desensitized to a hideous murder explicitly committed in the name of Islam.

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"I think it's more hideous than I did before, and it isn't suitable for a Victorian seaside town, " she says.

BBC: Entertainment & Arts

Anybody in Britain old enough to remember the hideous Wimpy, a travesty of a hamburger, must recall the arrival of McDonald's with gratitude.

ECONOMIST: Brands

Here, though, there's a sense of randomness and too-muchness that characterizes the whole production, including the hideous creatures that fulfill the promise of a horror show.

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