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baleful
harmful; ominous causing evil
Usage (Koca Sulejmanovic, EPA / May 26, 2011) By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times Jovana Vujcic is too young to remember the war that ravaged the Balkans in the early 1990s but old enough now to experience its baleful legacy. "We're labeled as a genocide nation ... GO Zach Braff has employed his talents (quick wit and a flair for physical comedy) and tools (rubbery face, baleful eyes) in both TV comedy (the sly Scrubs) and indie film (the self-satisfied Garden State, which he wrote and directed). ... Here's the good news from the European Commission's first review of the Irish aid package: the newest estimate is that Ireland's baleful banks will need an additional €19 billion in public money for recapitalization; the original ... The city's economic development team are working incredibly hard to replace that baleful bunker with something far more appropriate, dignified and productive. And the result will radically improve an already great neighborhood to live, work, ...

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