Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...autobiography Self-Consciousness, Updike recounts his earliest memory of stuttering, when a bully nicknamed him "Ostrich." "[It was] a nickname I did not think I deserved," Updike writes, "and a fear of being misunderstood or mistaken for somebody else has accompanied the impdiment ever since...
...very thought of being able to read the entire genetic message, and perhaps alter it, is alarming to those who fear the knowledge could create many moral and ethical problems. Does genetic testing constitute an invasion of privacy, for example, and could it lead to more abortions and to discrimination against the "genetically unfit"? Should someone destined to be stricken with a deadly genetic disease be told about his fate, especially if no cure is yet available? Does it demean humans to have the very essence of their lives reduced to strings of letters in a computer data bank? Should...
Imagine it. You are chained to a radiator in a bare, dank room. You never see the sun. When your captors fear that a noise in the night is an impending rescue attempt, you are slammed up against the wall, the barrel of a gun pressed against your temple. Each day you have 15 minutes to shower, brush your teeth and wash your underwear in the bathroom sink. Your bed is a mat on the floor. One of your fellow hostages tries to escape, and the guards beat him senseless. Another tries to commit suicide. One day you too reach...
Nothing happens. The guards, however, improve living conditions for Anderson and the others, apparently in fear they might fall sick and die like Buckley. "Christmas in July" brings dinner of Swiss steak, vegetables and fruit, medical checkups by a kidnaped Lebanese Jewish doctor, and the chance to start worshiping together. Anderson, once a lapsed Catholic whose faith now grows stronger by the day, wheedles permission from Hajj to make his confession to Father Jenco. Later, all the hostages are allowed to hold daily services in their "Church of the Locked Door." They celebrate Communion with scraps of Arabic bread. Anderson...
...Keefe lacks the bravura that the role of the villainous Cromwell requires. His entrances, such as when he breezes onto the stage while chomping on apples, are always interesting too watch, but O'Keefe's performance is not convincing enough to leave anyone in the audience quivering in fear...