Word: distressful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eloquent. Throughout the U.S. the telephone calls poured in to the newspaper offices, to the radio stations, frantic, choked, inarticulate, the broken cries of distress like the woman in Detroit who said only, "Now he will probably get shot...
...often happens in personal crises, Joe Grew's large distress was accompanied by small discomforts. The Japanese had allowed no dogs on the Asama Maru and the Ambassador had been obliged to leave behind his four-year companion Sasha, a white spitz...
...kinds of canvas work, and all kinds, of hoisting with block and tackle. Know the rules of the road, distress, and other urgent signals. Be familiar with all light and buoyage signals. He able to handle either power or sail boats and know how to make landings through surf. Understand the compass and how to lay out a course. Be able to make all necessary knots and splices with either rope or wire. Be able to overhaul and handle anchor chain and know the regulations for such overhaul and for mooring ships. Be able to steer a ship...
...mysterious sleight of hand. But it isn't always as exciting as this. More often he is asked for advice on questions ranging from mussy suits to entangled love affairs. Three in the morning is no unusual time to get calls from any number of troubled souls in urgent distress...
...Untermeyer, Amos Pinchot, Colonel Joseph Hartfield. According to Attorney General Bennett, the raid was inspired by "much whispering in high social and entertainment circles." Said he: "A number of internationally known men and women have attended the clinics of the Body & Mind Foundation, and their subsequent conduct caused great distress to members of their families...