25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Brusqueness \Brusque"ness\, noun Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. --Brit. Quar.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

brusqueness

noun: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {abruptness}, {curtness}, {gruffness}, {shortness}]
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