It never explained the brutal logic behind such an act.

But by and large, their successes were outweighed, in the cold, brutal logic of war, by their less numerous but more spectacular failures.

This is interesting in a qualitative sense, but how does it measure up against the brutal logic of climate change?

It was brutal logic, borne out by recent events.

"There is a brutal Darwinian logic to these markets," said the investment banker Felix Rohatyn.

Stunned by the brutal logic of Lance's indictment, Remy discovered she was holding her breath, waiting for a quick, angry denial from Cole.

Most people will of course be emotionally affected in some way by the brutal logic of climate change, if they understand its implications at all.

He reviews the brutal logic of the Iraq war, the silence of economists before the financial collapse - and then glides back to Christopher Nolan's movie.

There was a brutal logic to it, Haider knew, but Kleist's ruthless savagery made him loathe the man.

The sheath's design was lean, clean, necessary, brutal logic and an eye for beauty going hand in hand.