Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forgets she is a woman and portraying a woman. Thus she misses the tenderness that must go with the hate that she must feel almost against her will. She captures little of the depth of soul or wisdom from suffering--"We want to hear the things that will hurt us"--that the script would seem to grant her. Richard Galvin as the Bridegroom seems slightly foppish in the part and his stage presence is at times lacking. John Heffernan is perhaps the best actor on the stage in the extremely difficult part as the lover of the Bride...
...page statement, was badgered after the third sentence. At one point Missouri's Democratic Senator Stuart Symington accused Benson of "insincerity" in saying he wanted to help farmers by lowering price supports. Then Symington turned aside, dramatically intoned: "Every time, Moses, that you strike the rock you hurt my people...
...They had their nerve. The German was one of the most formidable ships afloat-a fact soon demonstrated. In little more than an hour the Exeter was wallowing out of action. But the other two cruisers, harrying the enemy like sharks at a whale, managed to hit where it hurt. The German commander (Peter Finch) withdrew into the River Plate, and docked at Montevideo. Prodded by the Allies, neutral Uruguay allowed the Graf Spee less than four days for repairs, and meanwhile the British spread rumors of a large (and largely nonexistent) fleet that had gathered to intercept the raider...
Akins, who slipped to the canvas in the fourth when hurt by a left hook, sent Tony down with a right uppercut and two violent lefts in the eighth. DeMarco fell against the ropes and pitched forward on his stomach. He was up at the count of seven and gamely finished the round by holding his own in a slugfest...
...Akins hurt DeMarco with an uppercut as the 10th round got underway and pounded the 26-year-old local boy unmercifully. However, the remarkable punishment-taker from nearby Fleet St. landed seven straight shots to the head just before the bell...