Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accountant, a policeman, even a stenographer who has been hospitalized for emotional distress can expect some probing questions when applying for a new job. Then how come Oliver North had no trouble winning a position in 1981 on the National Security Council staff, where emotional stability should be a prime requisite? Probably because hardly anyone knew, until the Miami Herald reported it last week, that North had spent three weeks in Bethesda Naval Hospital for emotional problems six years before he joined the NSC. Why no one knew is another question...
...eaten my list!" Santa cried with distress...
...Black cadet, Kevin Nesmith, later dropped out of the school, citing continued harassment and distress resulting from the incident. Nesmith filed a complaint with the Justice Department alleging racial harassment at the state military college...
...choir has been building all month toward an evensong for All Saints. On the big afternoon, they assemble for a final rehearsal. Nothing goes right. The choir's attempt at a Nunc Dimittis produces dissonance and glances of distress. Some heretic in the alto section sings "Holy Spirit" when everybody else is singing "Holy Ghost." Twice Barber loses his place...
...Jerry Vainisi describes Flutie's Chicago earnings as "less than Fuller, more than Tomczak," who lately has done most of the playing. Two weeks ago, Flutie was hurried into the fray at Tampa Bay for a series of mishaps that prompted him to hurl himself on the ground in distress. "It was a chance to get Doug in the game as a Bear," Ditka said. "That's what he is. He's a Bear...