Word: anguishes
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...Negro despair. Firmly rooted in Southern soil, himself, he knew of the virtual disenfranchisment of Southern Negroes. It tormented him but also drove him on. This is why he seized the moment that March day in 1965 and stood before Congress trying to put into words generations of Negro anguish in this country--becoming the first U.S. president in 19 years to assemble Congress to ask for special legislation...
...Ross refused even to vote on the case. Ugast, in disgust, declared a mistrial, at a cost to the public estimated by Defense Attorney Grandison E. Hill to total $150,000. In another sense, the cost may be greater. The victim may not want to go through the anguish of testifying again, and without her there would likely be no case...
Mitterrand was quick to retaliate. Accusing Giscard of "verbal violence," the Socialist leader turned a campaign appearance in Nevers into a fuming Marxist defense. "Don't insult [leftist voters] who want to live in freedom from the anguish of unemployment!" he challenged, addressing Giscard. Preying on the President's upper-class background and aristocratic style, Mitterrand went on: "I remind Monsieur Giscard d'Estaing that the people conquered freedom almost two centuries ago against the old feudal or der, and against the feudalism of money, and that the people are fighting for free dom today against...
...immigrant, a nomad, a natural aristocrat condemned to anguish by his pride and fastidiousness. He was also, beyond question, one of the most gifted artists ever to work in New York, where he had landed...
...Brixton riots stir a wave of anguish and recrimination...