Word: attains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mary Tyrone, living in a world of dope in which she wanders between past and present, removed a little from the humanity of her men, recognizes this problem but knows she cannot attain the spiritual strength in which, "I will hear myself scream in agony, and at the same time I will laugh because I will be sure of myself." And so she seeks escape through morphine, which to her is like the fog closed about their summer house: "I really love fog . . . It hides you from the world and the world from you. You feel that everything has changed...
Ginn stood firm on his decision, however, and surrendered his post as class agent. Incidents like this are few, McCord points out, but nevertheless regrettable. In his work, he tries to ironout such difficulties before they attain a certain notoriety...
...retorted Jane Lausche. "Make it one-half of 1%"). Though the odds have gone up in recent months, Lausche is still disinclined to bet on Lausche. "I will do nothing to reach the goal," he says. "The honor doesn't come from one's desire to attain it. A man should not seek office." A politically wise friend sees the Lausche strategy in another light. The governor, he thinks, has laid a tender trap. "He's a little like the bachelor who has made peace with the opposite sex. He's not going to send...
...probably be pondering the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to prominence and power for a good many years to come. Even more spectacular, in a way, has been the Wisconsin senator's rapid descent into almost as much political obscurity as a United States senator can ever hope to attain. Harry Truman and Richard Nixon are not exactly noted for their harmony on most issues, but both have labeled McCarthy a political has-been in recent months and agree that his power has virtually evaporated. A.D.A. national chairman Joseph Rauh, Jr. tuned in his sensitive antennae on McCarthy last summer...
Early on. and while still sober, she can richly crunch even Coward's soggier lines, tangle with an all-too-cultured maid, or just move or stand still with feral ladylikeness. But not till a few corks have popped does she attain full stature. She is never so grand as when lurching, nor so gymnastic as when trapped in telephone cord. She employs her cigarette holder like a wind instrument, makes her gold scarf as vital to the production as several of the actors. She strikes attitudes so embattled that they seem to strike back, and she can dispose...