Word: anguishes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidacy, network evening television gave him 39.31 minutes of coverage, while allotting George Bush and Bob Dole six minutes and Michael Dukakis less than three. Of course, as Hart anticipated, most editors trotted out the picture of Donna Rice sitting on Hart's lap, reported the anger and anguish of other Democratic candidates and quoted authorities who said he was unelectable. But once Hart shot up quickly in the polls, journalists stopped being so dismissive...
...CHILD IN TIME by Ian McEwan. This story about a girl kidnaped from a supermarket checkout bridges the gap between private anguish and public policy in contemporary England. A masterly work by one of Britain's finest young writers...
...always feared that you'll only remember enough from your $17,000-a-year education to fill a half-hour cocktail conversation, there's a way you can save yourself the anguish of a four-year courseload. All you have to do is lay out $5.95 to buy a tape that packs in all that you'll ever need to know...
Though some editors, like Frankel, contend that the press has "nothing to apologize for" because the "issue is the character and nature of our public officials," others feel anguish about the curdling effect on political debate. One undesirable consequence is that able candidates may pass up the fray. The prospect of intrusive coverage ransacking family history seems to have been a factor in discouraging several "possibles" from becoming "actuals," including New York Governor Mario Cuomo, Ohio Governor Richard Celeste and Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers. In interviews with young potential leaders, the New York Times last week found unease. "If things...
...those of you who cursed me, who hated me, who never read my column: I hope you're proud of yourselves now, shagstains. I weep bitter tears of anguish...