Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With unemployment rates leveling off, fear of losing work has diminished. As a result, the proportion of Americans who consider themselves to be in economic distress has dipped to 30%, from 36% last May. But large numbers of people report serious concern about paying bills for food (cited by 72%), utilities (66%) and housing...
...through five decades, they have never neglected their primary obligation: to nourish the comic spirit, to make the risible visible in times of war and economic distress and social chaos. As this warm, hilarious collection demonstrates, despite the changing boundaries of artistic license and comic liberty, The New Yorker cartoonist has always known exactly where to draw the line...
...Center of the Earth" tour, Wakeman wanted to repay his fans for their loyalty with a presentation they would never forget. Faithful to his promise, Wakeman will transform the Music Hall stage into a medieval circus for his interpretation of the legend of King Arthur, complete with damsels in distress, magicians, and a jousting bout between knights in armor. When asked bout the financial side of this musical fantasia, Wakeman replied, "It'll probably break me but at least I'll go out in style...
...situation rests with ever-increasing firmness on Charles' modishly tailored shoulders. On the way to his dead mistress's funeral, he silently mouths a confession in the back seat of a car. A police inspector confides to him that the murder may never be solved. With mounting distress, Charles tells his wife (Stçphane Audran) about his affair and the killing. She considers these revelations and is understanding. He tells his friend François, who is forgiving too. "No one," François explains, "is guilty of what happens in a nightmare." After all this, Charles...
...concentrated their creative genius on constructing inspiring structures in time. Our holidays are our cultural-religious works of art. They have uplifted and inspired generations of Jews through thousands of years. They were islands of joy, dignity, and calm in the midst of their turbulent life. In times of distress the holidays brought solace and support; in time of peace rays of sanctity and a glimpse of the eternal. They served as an inspiration to our poets and artists. Such was the role of our holidays, and, in particular, of Yom Kippur which was affectionately called Yom Kodesh, the Holy...