Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last part as sexist condescension, but then again she might not. For all her rhinoceros qualities, she is deeply feminine (pace, Women's Lib) and, as former Campaign Manager Doug Ireland says, "vulnerable as a lady." She recently withstood withering political satire at a correspondents' dinner but burst into tears when someone mocked her robust figure. Arthur Goldberg is said to have won her over once by remarking that her pictures did not do her justice...
...astonishingly high standing of anger today can be verified thus: it is not only regarded as moral but as something even better, healthy and therapeutic. A fight a day keeps the doctor away, Psychiatrist Theodore Isaac Rubin suggests in something called The Angry Book. With a burst of earnest lyricism, he asks: "Have you ever experienced the good, clean feel that comes after expressing anger, as well as the increased self-esteem and the feel of real peace with one's self and others?" In The Intimate Enemy, Dr. George R. Bach, a clinical psychologist, turns anger into...
...stretched on a specially designed machine. The tests showed that stretching increases the space between the finger bones, thus reducing pressure on the clear, viscous synovial fluid that lubricates the joints. This causes tiny gas bubbles to form within the fluid. As the pressure continues to decrease, these bubbles burst and release their energy as noise. The gas does not escape. Instead, as the joint returns to normal position, the gas is reabsorbed into the synovial fluid over a period of 15 minutes. This explains why most knuckle crackers must wait a while for the satisfaction of performing an encore...
...impromptu firing squads. The King's brother, Prince Moulay Abdullah, was hit in the arm during one such volley, then left by his would-be executioners when he fell and played dead. But it became evident that the King was meant to be spared. At one point cadets burst into his sanctuary and ordered him outside with the other surviving guests. A young soldier, nervously fingering the trigger of his rifle, took Hassan aside Alone, he kissed the King's hand. Hassan was astounded. "We are cadets of the military school of Abermoumou," the young man explained...
...bathrobe and walked back and forth in the bathroom. I felt depressed, all the time depressed. So vulnerable, so betrayed. Mike and Jack kept me going. One day I couldn't cry when I should have and Jack said horrible things about Bobbie until I burst into tears...