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Not because of decades of regional agony, but the brute effect on the oil price which could ultimately feed through to higher prices for everyone and more strain on the economy.

Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.

That’s to say, where rivers are recognised as alive, enlivening presences in story, art and law, rather than –– as Isaac Newton put it –– ‘brute inanimate matter’.

Just like he did five months ago, he sent Fisher to the floor in the middle of the fight with brute power and determination.

Adventuring parties pour in, lured by gold and glory, but quickly learn that success hinges less on brute strength than on how well you can cook a scorpion.