Word: jealously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Abdullah, sometimes impetuous and hot-tempered, was also too shrewd to think that he could do just as he pleased. Three strong reins checked hasty action: 1) the jealous rivalry of other Arab leaders; 2) his dependence on British aid; 3) the proved strength of the Israelite armies, which for the moment probably outnumbered the forces that could be brought against them. Abdullah's Legion was his only asset; and it was an asset only so long as he kept it in being, and did not wear it away against the Jews...
...professional quizgoer is a hardy type of radio fan spawned by giveaway programs. Some pros-a shrilly competitive breed-travel from quiz show to quiz show in packs. But most are mavericks, jealous and watchful of their fellows. All but a few are women...
Boston's Little Theater, the Tributary, has opened its annual Shakespearean Festival with a presentation of "Othello" that is regrettably poor by all critical standards. To cast such an obviously aged man as Edward Finnegan in the role of the powerful and Jealous Moor is the grossest error in the production and one that grows increasingly ludicrous, despite the determined effort of both the friendly audience and Mr. Finnegan to rise above his handicap...
...self-assured rounder with a Lancashire accent and a high shine to his black hair. Shipmates called him "Don Jimmy." A married man, he had boasted of an affair a voyage; two girls had accused him of rape. Said a fellow steward: "Jimmy was always saying we were jealous...
...frustration whose misery Madame Vallentin, engrossed in her psychological analyses, does not seem to appreciate. He was ugly, and so he was the butt of the brilliant nobility, and a burden to his father who was at first ashamed of him and then, as Mirabeau developed as a writer, jealous...