Word: anguishingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...despair of temporary paralysis paled, however, compared with the anguish Barker felt in late 1997, when all but 20 acres of the farm he had owned for more than 15 years were auctioned off following what he contends was an illegal foreclosure. "It was one of the worst days of my life," says Barker, 50. "It was like losing two or three children all at once...
Hilary and Jackie certainly suggests that the multiple sclerosis that struck down its heroine so young and imposed on her 14 years of anguish before she died was such a price. And since that end is known to us before we enter the theater, it becomes, in some measure, a justification for her sister's comparatively modest sacrifice. What's a little spouse-sharing if it can bring a few minutes--oh, all right, 16 months--of happiness to a tormented, foredoomed soul...
...Yorker story, Hanks also did not rule out a future campaign for the presidency. Now he does. "I'm not running for President of the United States. I'm an actor who makes movies, and that's how I was answering the questions." His anguish turns briefly impish. "I think Sammy Sosa would be an ideal running mate. His enthusiasm, his joy and feel for the game." Then the agita rises again. "Good Lord Almighty! This is how trivial the times we're living in are. I don't even want to talk about it! Argggghhhh...
...persistent and perversely entertaining theme in Ian McEwan's fiction has been the anguish of conflicting moral obligations. For example, should a composer, at the moment he begins to sense how he can complete the symphony that will define his career, abandon his concentration to intervene on behalf of a woman who may be in danger of being raped...
...hammer... A woman who sat in front of BOB VILA on an airline flight is seeking $127,000 from the world's most famous handyman for pain and mental anguish. Carol Berger claims that Vila, host of Home Again, took a break from pounding dry wall to pound the back of her seat with his foot and fist during a flight from Denver to Eugene, Ore. She didn't mention why. Vila issued a statement calling the allegation "baseless" and says he has never met Berger. Maybe he was just annoyed that her seat and tray table were...