Word: dreadfulness
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...While calling himself "a fairly hard-core scientific materialist," Wright adds, "but I do like to think there is more to this universe than meets the eye." In somewhat the same vein, one admiring critic has described him as "a science writer fighting off a nasty case of existential dread...
...Anyone who has watched as waves of debate roar through the chamber of the Congress of People's Deputies knows that this is simply not true. The Russian is more than a democrat; in his heart of hearts, he is an anarchist. Russia's rulers have lived in constant dread of the kind of spontaneous, popular uprisings that troubled the czarist era and set off the Bolshevik Revolution. After the communists came to power, others strove to topple them as the sailors of Kronstadt and the Tambov peasants rebelled against the new regime. It has been this way throughout Russian...
...more than 4 million soldiers, an air force with thousands of planes, four surface fleets and the world's largest flotilla of submarines. Most formidable of all were its 1,400 land-based intercontinental missiles tipped with nuclear warheads. While most of the world regarded this arsenal with dread, Soviet citizens proudly viewed it as a symbol of national greatness...
...whether medical students look forward to viewing the intricate digestive system or whether they dread the prospect of spending hours bent over a dead person, they don't have a lot of time to think about the idea: The lab comes up during the first eight weeks of a student's first year at medical school...
...while the Yankees finished the season mired in the second division, Winfield's triumph brings some redemption to the otherwise sorry 1992 season. It will, for me, be a long winter, as I dread the spectre of the Boss defiling Yankee Stadium once more. The revitalized Knicks will probably provide some diversion, and maybe even ideas for a piece or two. But storm clouds loom large on the horizon...