malice, consigliere, vitriol, beforehand. “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages. the complaints stand on their own merit, but he nodded to their larger impact.

“These complaints are having the impact that they were designed to achieve,” said Radhika Sainath, a lawyer with Palestine Legal, a civil rights group. “Not to win on the merit, but to force universities to investigate, condemn and suppress speech supporting Palestinian rights, because they are so fearful of bad press and donor backlash.”

Mr. Marcus said the complaints stand on their own merit, but he nodded to their larger impact.

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The former president’s repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote.

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Robert Reich

The events at Berkeley Wednesday night have been a boon to Milos Yiannopoulos, of Breitbart News, and to Steve Bannon, formerly head of Breitbart News and now Trump’s consigliere.

As you may recall, Berkeley gave Yiannopoulos a major forum to spout his racist and misogynistic vitriol – but police had to cancel his talk just beforehand because about 150 masked agitators threw Molotov cocktails, smashed windows where Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak, and threw rocks and fir⋯⋯

malice

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noun

1. the desire to harm someone; ill will.

   "I bear no malice towards anybody"

beforehand

bɪˈfɔːhand/

adverb

1. before an action or event; in advance.

   "rooms must be booked beforehand"

vitriol

ˈvɪtrɪəl/

noun

1. 1.

   bitter criticism or malice.

   "her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol"
2. 2.

   archaicliterary

   sulphuric acid.

   "it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face"

consigliere

ˌkɒnsɪˈljɛːreɪ/

noun

1. a member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser to the leader and resolves disputes within the family.