Word: distresse
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Many of the women reacted at one extreme or the other when the subject of their husbands came up. Says Swiss: "They either talked about how their marriages were in distress because their husbands didn't help them at home, or how support from their husbands was absolutely critical since they received so little in the office...
...cause of Danny's distress is one Sister Meredith Louise, nee Meredith O'Connor (Marit Haahr), a former classmate from St. Patrick's Grammar School and the woman of his dreams. The seeming coincidence of their encounter is belied by Meredith's suspicious behavior, her intrusive questions (prepared beforehand on index cards) and her subsequent attempt to seduce Danny--actions ill-befitting a nun. Haahr is best when she play light-heartedly with her role, delightfully mixing sarcasm and naivete, seductiveness and innocence. Her dizzy ramblings and confused fumbling with her ever-present index cards are endearing...
...Sinister transformations abound in Alan Ackerman's portrait of Angelo. The upright moralist degenerates into nymphomaniac with an anguish that would evoke sympathy from the most severe judge. Breheny's wide eyed innocence at the start of the drama captures the virginal Isabella perfectly.. But her maiden- in- distress scenes later on lack the same dramatic conviction...
...ever be packed off to relatives for whom child care is just the latest of life's dirty tricks. Sometimes the kids run away and never come back. No wonder children in European films often look like stunted adults. Since birth they've been in a dress rehearsal for distress...
...first line of the book is, "I have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood." Francis, I understand the publication caused you some distress...