Word: anguishes
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...then persuades Aeolus, ruler of the winds, to blow up a storm that disperses Aeneas' escaping fleet. He comforts his drenched, surviving companions with words he does not believe: "So ran the speech. Burdened and sick at heart,/ He feigned hope in his look, and inwardly/ Contained his anguish...
...president of KBS-TV, attributes the telethon's success in part to color television's widespread acceptance in South Korea, but the show's emotional impact and human drama are at least equally important. The on-the-air reunions are invariably heartrending, as years of anguish find release in paroxysms of joy and recognition. The program's hosts are often misty-eyed and speechless, the viewers moved to tears...
...steers the patient away from abstract comments and complaints and focuses on his ingratitude toward the sacrifices of other persons. Many patients break down crying, and some want to commit suicide out of guilt and regret. The final message from the therapist is that the only escape from mental anguish is to plunge into acts of service. The naikan program is used in prisons, schools and offices. Some companies require everyone from the president to the newest hireling to go through...
...Anguish was not Franz Kafka's central obsession. It was his only one: the misery of illness, the descending sorrows of guilt, estrangement and despair. Torment stains every page of his fiction, and his autobiographical writings are so clotted with disorders that one collection states: "Frequent references to insomnia and headache have not been included in the index...
...bars and restaurants in the "Castro," the city's largest homosexual district, interviewing employees and customers about the life-style changes brought on by fear of AIDS. He also visited patients and staff members at San Francisco General Hospital's AIDS clinic. Says Thompson: "For all the anguish and tragedy any new disease inflicts, there is always the possibility of remarkable strides in medicine resulting from the intense concentration of talent, effort and concern an epidemic produces...