Word: distraughtly
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Susan and David were too distraught to appear in public for the first few days; David's father and many other family members moved in with Susan to lend her comfort, and a relative served as spokesman. But eventually the parents faced the cameras to enlist their power. "Michael, Alex, we love you very much and we're not giving up on you," David said. "Hang on and be strong...
Susan Smith's invention of a black culprit didn't work as well as she had hoped. Her own not-quite-right account of the kidnapping, and perhaps memories of the Stuart case, kept people from rejecting the possibility that the distraught mother was a suspect herself. And though she may not have thought about or cared how her self-serving concoctions would affect race relations around Union, South Carolina, the worst was avoided. Despite the police sketch of a black suspect that papered the area, feelings never boiled over and authorities weren't goaded into harassing the black community...
...Simpson may be far more distraught than his placid -- almost bored -- expression under Court TV's headlamp shows. On Wednesday, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran asked Ito to let his client speak briefly about whether he could get a fair trial. Simpson started talking about the infamous June 17 low-speed chase on a Los Angeles freeway in which he, riding in a white Ford Bronco, was trailed by several squad cars from the Los Angeles police. Growing increasingly agitated, Simpson reportedly said: "Mrs. Clark -- Ms. Clark -- said I was trying to run . . . Everyone knows that I called my father...
...cast of wealthy characters wanders the rocks and exchanges terse, strained phrases. They drift in and out of frame with carelessness and distraction. The barrenness of the island and the incessant pounding of the surf is infinitely suited to the disappearance of the girl and the distraught attempts at personal interactions that the remaining characters undertake...
...daughter calls home again. She is scheduled to meet with Dean Elizabeth Hewitt, director of the secondary school students summer program, that morning. She expresses the desire to come home for a couple days and is somewhat distraught and fearful. After her meeting with Dean Hewitt, she called again. She was very unhappy with the meeting and seemed to get no support from the dean. She told me that the boy was scheduled to see a psychiatrist at 2 p.m. that day. At that point, I called the dean and requested a permanent room change for my daughter as well...