Word: anguish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opening statements ranging up to 15 minutes, the members one after another expressed their individual anguish over the decision they faced. Burdened by the problem of party loyalty, the Republicans suffered most. Declared Cohen: "I have been faced with the terrible responsibility of assessing the conduct of a President that I voted for, believed to be the best man to lead this country, who has made significant and lasting contributions toward securing peace in this country, throughout the world, but a President who in the process by actor acquiescence allowed the rule of law and the Constitution to slip under...
Bevis reacted bitterly to his critics, although they were aiming not at his accomplishment but at the unprofessional manner of its disclosure, with no scientific data. The failure of so many implants was to be expected and therefore caused Bevis less anguish than his inability to explain the three successes...
...though sometimes brutal, works, highly recommended for the artsy crowd. Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman and staring Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson, is a complex psychological drama that's somewhat of a modern classic. Pierrot Le Fou, directed by Godard and starring Belmondo, is another heady film about psychic anguish, and as always, Belmondo is a joy to watch...
...anguish for all concerned. Even before the prosecutors were ready to go to the grand jury, the substance of their investigation was leaked and thoroughly laid out in the press. The disclosures drew vehement criticism from several sources, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which is hardly an enemy of press freedom. The case was being tried in the press, it was said. Agnew was being denied the protection that liberals demand for ordinary muggers. That argument is persuasive in most situations. But the Agnew case was so extraordinary that different standards might apply. The official who could have succeeded...
...would have wanted it said, I believe, that she well knew the pressures of pride and vanity, the sting of bitterness and defeat, the gray days of national peril and personal anguish. But she clung to the confident expectation that men could fashion their own tomorrows if they could only learn that yesterday can be neither relived nor revised...