Word: distresse
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...while, the epidemic was spreading. Hundreds of dead crows were turning up in the metropolitan region, and cases of the disease in humans were reported elsewhere in the city and suburbs. Using trucks and choppers, the city loosed clouds of pesticide in the middle of the night, to the distress of many residents. Nearby towns quickly followed suit...
...remember I was talking to my literature teacher shortly after our ninth-grade finals were over when the teacher who taught some of the other classes for the same course barged into the room in a visible state of distress. She interrupted our conversation with loud cries to the effect that her students had learned nothing and that she might as well have been away windsurfing all year instead of lecturing...
...last thing a man in distress wants to see coming over the horizon [to save him] is a feminist in battle gear," she said, eliciting chuckles from the crowd...
...says he then had to watch himself mocked in Michael's video Outside, in which men dressed as cops danced and kissed each other. Now the officer of the peace has declared war, filing a $10 million lawsuit against the singer for slander, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress. At a news conference held in London last week to promote NetAid, a concert to benefit Kosovo refugees, Michael called the suit a "minor irritation" and promised tabloid reporters he'd speak with each of them personally on any topic if they gave the conference adequate coverage. One hopes...
...Greenwich Village sidewalk that it's easy to forget he is the auteur behind one of the landmark albums of the decade, 1994's The Downward Spiral, as well as an architect of the dark offshoot of heavy metal and punk called industrial rock. His themes of alienation and distress have influenced artists from Marilyn Manson to Oliver Stone. This week Reznor is making a return with a challenging new album, The Fragile (Nothing/Interscope), a work that rock fans are awaiting the same way storm chasers anticipate the next hurricane...