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Word: anguishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...staved off a worse fate, namely a Soviet invasion. The drift last week, however, was in the direction of rising chaos, and the government appeared to be deeply concerned. When Warsaw radio first announced the casualties at Katowice, it described the killing of Poles by Poles in words of anguish. "Let us lower our heads in silence to honor the victims of yet another Polish tragedy," declared the announcer. "Let the bloodshed in Silesia cause the provocateurs to sober up and make the madmen realize that the road to confrontation leads nowhere." Some diplomats in Warsaw were convinced that those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Darkness Descends | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...cast is marvelously adept, especially Sternhagen and Dishy. She never camouflages the essential hideousness of the character she portrays, and he distills a tormenting anguish from the dregs of self-pity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Scar Tissue | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Morimoto said teachers must "acknowledge" this anxiety and "invite [students] to share the anguish they're experiencing" to be able to address the problems...

Author: By Bonnie Salomon, | Title: Failing Students | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

...Incensed at Mabel for questioning whether she is indeed the right woman for Lawrence, Freida launches into a tirade. Her incoherent anger, her rage at abandoning her children 12 years before, the passion so clearly emerging from character development, make us sympathize with this wild woman, and feel her anguish. Suzman's Freida, a Valkyrie of flesh and fire, comes across as The Real Thing, making Lawrence seem The Flaccid Thing all the more...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Crying in the Night | 10/30/1981 | See Source »

...they understand. As the Terror erupts, Napoleon works in his small apartment. From time to time, he glances at the Delcaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen on his wall. In the street below, the crowd is rioting; he ignores it. Suddenly, an anguished face passes along the level of his balcony. He rushes to see what has happened: The head is impaled on a pole. The throngs flow under him and the head moves on. He returns to his desk. His eyes see something we cannot--the anguish of France. But we see his tears...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Liberty and Tyranny | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

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