Word: namelessness
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...There was always the dry bread, the army cot by the water heater, the monthly visit from the county social worker who inspected the soles of her shoes and patted the top of her head and went away. And there were still the noises in her head and the nameless feelings of guilt...
...sounds-new sounds of otherworldly groans, melodious thuds and haunting echoes, which came from the vibrations of two metal spirals plus a plastic resonator. Baschet took his "sound" to a musician friend named Jacques Lasry, who proclaimed it "interesting." With Lasry's encouragement, Baschet has completed four nameless instruments, all of them already in their third incarnations, and plans to invent a score more...
...will go on until the man is cleared or arrested. Said a middle-aged housewife who came to Hong Kong a few months ago: "You people outside always pity us for our short rations, dirty rice and scanty clothing. I tell you that's nothing compared to the nameless fear and suspense one suffers from each time the Household policeman knocks on the door...
...Cellar. If Curley really sues, it will be like biting the hand that applauds him. For Skeffington is a lovable rogue-a combination of Santa Claus, Robin Hood, a Chinese warlord and the late John Barrymore. Over 70, Skeffington decides to run for re-election as mayor of the nameless big city, where the candidates usually share three qualifications ("All were Democrats, all were Irish, all were Catholics"). The old campaigner invites his nephew Adam to tag along and get acquainted with politics. It is through Adam's eyes that one sees the great old pro and his enemies...
Clinical Chemistry); of a heart ailment; in Wallingford, Conn. Dismissed in 1953 by the U.S. Loyalty Review Board as part-time consultant (about ten days a year) to the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr. Peters held that he had a constitutional right to face his nameless accusers, fought his case to the Supreme Court. The outcome: the court ducked the constitutional issue, found that the board did not have the authority to review Peters' case, since he had been cleared twice previously...