Word: jealous
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...knew but had blocked off: that when he was four, his mother had killed both his nine-month-old sister and herself. Because he had repressed his sorrow instead of facing it, he had never recovered from the experience. Under Paul's guidance, he saw that he was jealous because his son still had what he himself had lost so early-a mother. That hidden jealousy, it soon became clear, was the real cause of the boy's emotional disturbance...
...understanding of both their patients and themselves. Many of the nurses allowed themselves to admit that "beneath the seemingly brazen patient, there might be a frightened little girl who needed help." One nurse, critical of her patients' sexual permissiveness, made a frank confession: "I guess I'm jealous that they're having so much...
Sadat's preemptive strike in effect eliminated from power all his major rivals among Nasser's heirs. It also settled a sharp policy debate. Sabry, the first to go, was not only jealous of Sadat's growing personal prestige but also a noisy critic of the President's decision to join Libya and Syria in a vague new Arab federation. Gomaa had objected to Sadat's plans for constitutional reforms to guarantee the civil liberties that the former Interior Minister had made a career of suppressing. Ex-War Minister Fawzi and most of the others...
...enough to make Red Auerbach jealous...
...Jealous Generals. On the negative side is the fact that some of Saigon's elite units were badly bloodied-the Airborne, Rangers, Marines, and what many Americans consider ARVN's top infantry division, the 1st. Moreover, the operation underscored continuing deficiencies in crucial areas like communications. American pilots had problems with Vietnamese ground controllers, who have a tough time pronouncing words like "coordinate"-or speaking English at all while ducking rocket and mortar fire...