Word: ordeal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Among the HUP's recent best sellers are: "The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare" by Marvin Spevack, "The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson" by Bernard Bailyn, "Families and Family Therapy" by Salvador Minuchin and "Impeachment" by Raoul Berger. Each sold over 10,000 copies...
...ordeal, mental and physical, of Richard Nixon goes on and on, and so too does the nation's involvement with...
...ordeal of testifying was finally over for Watergate Conspirator John Dean, who stuck steadily to his story under the often clashing cross-examination of lawyers for the defendants in the Watergate cover-up trial. But the travail had barely begun for Federal Judge John J. Sirica and the 21 lawyers locked in the multisided legal struggle. Already, tempers were turning testy. Frequently, the drama centered more on the extraordinary exchanges among the judge and counsel than on the fate of the five defendants...
Rhode Island Senator John Pastore was cited as "marginal"-a particular concern to CBS. Pastore chairs the Subcommittee on Communications, with jurisdiction over broadcasting regulations. His committee hearings are often an ordeal for the networks, and broadcast executives are always fearful of restrictive legislation. Clare Dean Conley, then Stream's editor, recalls: "We got vibes from CBS that they didn't want trouble with Pastore. The word was 'Do what you have to do, but take it easy...
Fear of Rejection. How a woman copes with her ordeal and moves ahead depends in great part on her own self-image. Betty Ford has an open and natural attitude: "I told Jerry the other day, 'You've got a better figure than I have.' He's trying to lose weight, but all I need is a little padding." Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 90, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, jokes about her two mastectomies and refers to herself as Washington's only "topless nonagenarian." Julia Child, television's "French Chef has a no-nonsense attitude...