Word: anguishes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then Kemp sought a very different resolution for her anguish. Charging violation of her right of free speech, she sued the university, in the persons of Leroy Ervin Jr., her remedial-program supervisor, and Virginia Trotter, vice president for academic affairs, who had dismissed Kemp on grounds of insubordination and insufficient scholarly research. Ending a five-week trial, the six-member jury decided on a stunning judgment of $2.5 million to Kemp. Said Trotter, in the understatement of the season: "I was certainly surprised...
...painted and things named, the other with his mock- scientific glosses. But this is no bad paternity for an artist to have, and the slightly skittish intelligence of Winters' paintings is bound to appeal to those sated (as who is not?) by routine parades of gut sincerity and pantomime anguish...
...been years since he had formally and respectfully addressed blank paper with only pen or pencil in hand. He felt unarmed, vulnerable. He thought of final exams long years ago--the fields of rustling blue-book pages, the universal low, frantic scratching of pens, the smell of sour collegiate anguish...
...legal reforms that the doctors want, and the lawyers oppose, are technical but important. For example, the A.M.A. proposes eliminating punitive damages, and seeks a cap on "noneconomic" damages awarded for pain and suffering or mental anguish, which it says account for 80% of the dollars paid over the $100,000 level. It also wants a victim's compensation from such sources as medical or unemployment insurance deducted from court awards. Most bitingly, the doctors have called for a slidingscale limit on "contingency fee" arrangements, whereby lawyers take on a case for a sizable share (often one-third...
...Five Symphonies; Three Overtures. Claudio Abbado conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon; 4 LPs or CDs). Imagine the history of 19th century music if Felix Mendelssohn had been the great romantic icon instead of Beethoven. In place of egocentric storms there would be grace and lucidity; instead of anguish there would be serenity and inner peace. The masterpieces produced by such disparate composers as Brahms, Wagner and Mahler % under Beethoven's spell are justly prized, of course, but the romantics could have used a little less irascibility and more agreeability...