Despite the vehemence of their language, Mr Houellebecq's characters usually stop short of outright brutality.
He was deported from Rome to Sardinia to a prison known for its brutality.
The result takes itself much too seriously, with acts of brutality outnumbering the gags.
Mugabe, in turn, used intimidation and brutality to quell any challenges to his rule.
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Kakas said onlookers were shocked by the brutality but were powerless to stop the mob.
The color scheme is predominantly black on black, the tone one of chic brutality.
And obviously we are all horrified by the loss of life and the brutality of the conflict.
That such coping mechanisms existed underscored the brutality of slavery but also the inventiveness of the slaves.
That is described by world governing body Fifa as using "excessive force or brutality against an opponent".
Abou Zeid had a reputation for extreme brutality and thuggishness, while Belmoktar developed a reputation for strategic cunning.
Abou Zeid had a reputation for extreme brutality and thugishness, while Belmoktar developed a reputation for strategic cunning.
By contrast, Mr Willetts describes the British policy in terms that capture the brutality of the natural world.
To put an end to this brutality, the Europeans want Mr Bush to rein in the federal deficit.
The brutality of the case shocked Mexicans and foreigners living in Mexico alike.
"Today, the NFL and its agents continue to market the ferocity and brutality of the sport, " the suit said.
President Francois Hollande has acknowledged the brutality of France's colonisation of Algeria, but stopped short of a full apology.
The deputy justice minister said the brutality of the men's crimes meant there was no reason to show mercy.
The jail in Los Angeles County, America's largest, is under federal investigation for brutality and venality by deputies and guards.
The Bush administration has successfully sidestepped many of the WMD allegations so far by emphasising the brutality of Saddam's regime.
Several of Mr Mubarak's top officials and henchmen have been banned from travel or detained, pending investigations into graft and brutality.
The headlines in Alice Springs have concerned the allegations of brutality against a 16 month old boy by his mother.
Over longer spans, however, few women have the endurance, the skeletal structure, the muscularity, to withstand the physical brutality of combat.
One was that the war was not merely about empire and gold, but also about protecting black South Africans from Boer brutality.
Nigel Mitchell, mitigating, said that despite the brutality Spry had inflicted, there had been moments of happiness and love shown towards them.
"The level of brutality in Iraq has reached appalling proportions, " he added.
But the brutality of the Delhi gang rape case has led many in India to call for harsher punishment for juvenile criminals.
She was also publicising corruption and brutality in El Salvador's police force.
One is that it renders brutality, as a driver of the course of human events, hard to see and even harder to gauge.
Boston is where the agony of the hills and the brutality of the stopwatch are pounded into submission by 26.2 miles of glory.
Norwegians find it very difficult to believe that in their peace-loving country one of their own was capable of such brutality and murder.
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