Word: anguishes
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Grand gestures and heroic sacrifices come naturally to the Poles, along with an alarming capacity for martyrdom. The 19th century playwright Stanislaw Wyspianski called long-suffering Poland "the Christ of nations" because of its capacity for anguish. Joseph Stalin is said to have remarked that bringing Communism to Poland was "like trying to saddle a cow." He did it anyway, but a nation of rebellious, romantic anti-Russian Catholics proved to be troublesome from the beginning. Most Poles never
...commitment to the steps we are taking to support the brave people of Poland in their time of troubles." In Vatican City, Pope John Paul II lit a candle in the window of his study. Around the world, millions of candles flickered in the long night of Poland's anguish...
...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...
...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...
Morimoto said teachers must "acknowledge" this anxiety and "invite [students] to share the anguish they're experiencing" to be able to address the problems...