Word: anguishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chair, a terrified girl imagines that the drill hovering above her has the "shape of a great hooded bird." And his small scope is deceptive. His characters are afraid of life only because they are in need of love. Their peevishness, spitefulness and British reserve all mask an inner anguish, conceal layers of loneliness that Larkin peels off with precision...
Those unbelieving words, that ecstasy born of anguish, expressed the explosive emotion of the moment. But after the homecoming there remained some hard facts to be faced. What would the men of Brigade 2506 do next? Most were determined to continue their fight against Castro. Vowed Manuel Artime, one of the leaders of the Bay of Pigs invasion: "Our plan is to return to Cuba. We will come back-when or where I cannot say -but we will return...
...most beautiful spot in the world," mused Architect Nathaniel Owings last week. "Well, it is.'' More and more people are coming to agree with him about the stretch of Cali fornia coastline known as Big Sur. thereby causing Architect Owings and his fellow settlers much mental anguish. He and the settlers were glad to have people look on Big Sur's beauty. But if too many lookers decided to stay, it would no longer be worth looking at. Today, thanks to a combination of thoughtful foresight and democratic procedure, the residents of Big Sur are breathing easier...
...Anguish at Success. Hallstein's community was certainly maturing fast. All around the world, nations that laughed when the Common Market countries sat down to play at six-handed free trading are now envious of the remarkable economic progress the Six have made. Looking on nervously are the Commonwealth countries and the members of Europe's "Outer Seven," whose future relations with the Common Market depend upon the outcome of Britain's painful negotiations with the Six. And a dozen other countries, most of which have no prospect of ever joining the Common Market, regard the market...
...soul with anguish rend...