Word: despairs
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...message -- and give her "rubdowns." The agony culminated one evening when her father threw her against the wall, hitting her on the head over and over. He also beat her mother until she fell unconscious to the floor, then he threw Donna Marie out of the house. In despair, she returned and took a loaded revolver from her parents' nightstand. When her father came at her again, she shot him dead. Last February she was found not guilty of first-degree murder by reason of self-defense...
...shrink the deficit and public debt. Gramm is not well liked, but he is respected and has made no secret of his White House ambitions. Though he lacks a political base, Cheney is a more affable conservative who is increasingly mentioned as a compromise candidate by those who despair of uncharismatic Gramm and his stiff medicine...
David Travis demonstrates amazing range as Todd, the ex-convict barber who seeks revenge on the men who destroyed his life. Travis manages to show Todd's intensity without letting the character slip into melodrama. Travis portrays Todd's inhumanely violent nature yet also his sincere despair over the loss of his wife and daughter. Travis' many musical numbers show off his terrific voice and his acting at its best. Like most of the cast he seems underdirected in straight dialogue scenes--particularly in the first...
...opera in unbelievably petty detail. They disparage various divas ("That Greek mezzo with the hair on her chest") and other opera buffs ("[Renata Tebaldi fans] are a mean little bunch") and occasionally show traces of real emotion. The two actors negotiate nicely their characters' swings between sarcasm and genuine despair...
...Lehman Hall, refreshments, beer and alarge-screen TV could not disperse the oppressivecloud of despair that hung over a group of about30 Republican Club members watching the electionreturns...