Word: distraughtly
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Driving on back roads, the couple meandered through northern Illinois as far as Chicago, east into Indiana, south to Paducah, Ky., and then into the St. Louis area. Back in Carman township, Ill., distraught family members, unaware that the Graftons were motoring aimlessly, reported them missing...
...Distraught parents and relatives have to resort to publicity because of an acute shortage of organs for transplants. Less than 1% of all Americans die under circumstances and at ages that leave their organs viable for transplant, and not all of these organs become available. Transplant surgeons bitterly complain that doctors have little interest in "harvesting" organs from their brain-dead patients. Last year thousands of Americans died while waiting for kidney transplants. At Stanford University Medical Center, about one out of three candidates for a heart transplant dies before a suitable heart becomes available. At New York...
...grandmother--develops because of the sensitive performance of the actresses. Signoret and Chauveau present experience and youth naturally. Their closeness blossoms during their midnight escapades into a lush garden for magical powders. But Morreau spoils even this relationship by miring the girl in an ambiguous ending. Left with a distraught vision of Marie and her grandmother standing by, helpless and confused. We don't know whether Marie's unhappiness will prove transitory or permanent...
...grandchildren. Knowing the trouble we were in with the Israelis, Susan suggested that she go and get the names of the grandchildren, so that I could personalize each picture. I did this, and walked over to Begin's cabin with them. He was sitting on the front porch, very distraught and nervous because the talks had finally broken down at the last minute...
...although we may feel twangs of animosity towards the players, we nevertheless long for them to perform. Americans revere gridiron heros more than they do the boys of summer. Does the country stay at home to watch baseball doubleheaders like it does Monday night football? Do Distraught women write Reader's Digest complaining that bug-eyed husbands watch baseball too much? The truth is at least half the top-rated shows have been Superbowls, and while most football teams are financial successes, some baseball teams never break even...