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Word: distraughtly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eugene Braunsdorf lived, to be charged with murder. Last week, in Detroit recorder's court, a jury was faced with the question which has plagued law-abiding humans for centuries-what is justice for the distraught who kill in the name of mercy? The jury's answer: "Not guilty by reason of temporary insanity at the time of the killing." Spectators in the courtroom cheered; some of the jurors wept. It seemed certain that broken, weeping Eugene Braunsdorf-who had been judged sane when he was ordered to stand trial for murder-would be quickly freed after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Murder or Mercy? | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...last four years Mrs. Baker has counselled more than six thousand married or engaged couples. Many of these pairs were distraught when they first visited the Longfellow Hall office. One husband summed up their state of mind: "If we sound confused, it is because we are confused. We don't know how to work out our situation...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 5/18/1950 | See Source »

...first in Latin, then in German. "After meditating through the entire night," he proclaimed, "I do not feel able to undertake the bishop's office. You will, as priests, understand-I feel not worthy enough." Then, while his fellow clergymen and the congregation watched in amazed silence, the distraught monsignor, still clad in bishop's robes, hurried through a side door to his car, which was waiting with the motor running. St. Stephen's rector, Dr. Karl Dorr, followed Jachym to the car and rapped on a window. Jachym's chauffeur drove off. The monsignor went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: I Feel Not Worthy . . . | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...acting corresponds to the emotional economy of the script. Ian Hunter and Alison Leggatt are perfectly cast as the major and his wife. They act with simplicity and poignant reserve. Rosalie Crutchley lends vitality to the generally quiet production as the distraught war-wife; in addition, she is very beautiful. And Peter Illing plays excellently the role of the oily Syrian merchant who serves both as the protagonist of the plot and as a moral foil to the major...

Author: By Edmond A. Levy, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...Distraught. But Nano, too, popped up in Biarritz, and spent much time with Monique. She became distraught, required larger & larger doses of sleeping pills. Last October she made a decision. She told Jonsine she would leave him for Nano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Road to Villa Chagrin | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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