Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problems of what to say, and how to say it, and when, were agonizing for Adlai Stevenson. He had been brooding about this ever since that disastrous night of defeat in 1952, when he said that he was "too old to cry, and it hurt too much to laugh." As he traveled about the U.S. in 1954, speaking at Democratic rallies, loyal supporters urged him to try again. By the end of last summer he had made the decision: he would...
...season's harvest of roses, marigolds and other flowers were gathered for the occasion, moving Prime Minister Nehru to warn: "I have myself been repeatedly hurt a bit by the throwing of flowers. I should therefore particularly request that no flowers, garlands or bouquets be thrown at our guests." The guests-to-be themselves also issued an advance request -they wanted to be addressed as "plain Mister," would be "satisfied with common dishes," and wanted to be treated exactly equal...
...Proust as well. Frankie was a kind of kitchen Hamlet but a kind of failed Huck Finn besides, and almost more boy than girl. She was the apotheosis of the awkward age, and an ungentle reminder that it may last from 8 to 80. She was, in short, the hurt little truth about growing up, and it was Julie's exquisite problem to make people laugh at her and cry at themselves in the same breath...
...little childish." Under the strain of the huge part her voice gave out, and one night before the show she broke down and wept in a panic. "I feel as if I'm climbing a great mountain," she told a friend, "and I'm bruised and hurt. In my part a simple country girl has such faith that she can move mountains. I think if only I had that faith I could do the part...
...decision would lead to cutthroat competition, said that three small lines, for example, could pool their ten monthly flights and run what would amount to a fully scheduled service. But the CAB pointed out that most nonskeds are only one or two-plane operations, are far too small to hurt the big trunk lines. Furthermore, said CAB, it had specifically reserved the right to reduce the number of scheduled flights if nonskeds started ganging up on the most profitable runs flown by big carriers. Said a CAB official: "This is a classic example of crying before you're hurt...