Word: ordeal
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...believe the real hero in the ordeal of POW Jessica Lynch [WITH THE TROOPS, April 14] is Mohammed, the Iraqi lawyer who walked approximately 36 miles over two days to bring information to the Marines about a young woman being held in a hospital. Of course, Lynch underwent a horrendous experience; I cannot imagine the terror that went through that young woman's mind. Labeling her a hero, however, is a misuse of the word. The Iraqi lawyer who put his life on the line to make the rescue possible is unquestionably the true hero in this terrible saga. Lynch...
Captain Mike Skey is a bit more cynical about the ordeal. He said that Yale knew the Crimson would inevitably fall in line if it decided to attend IRAs, because if Harvard trained through National Championships the Bulldogs would have an excuse...
...Getting this started was a big ordeal,” she says. “We’ve met and talked and now we need to do what we’ve been talking about...
...threat of the Nazi’s impending approach terrorizes them. But their presence reminds the audience of the more universal condition of these Jews—their forced transcience and the memories, culture and traditions that remain the lasting possessions they will carry over into their impending ordeal...
...Vieta Come Home (Canongate; 214 pages), is only now arriving in bookstores and is likely, he says, to be his last. The grind of writing Timoleon Vieta, Rhodes says, has cost him too much, and though he's flattered by his newfound status, his bigger consolation is that the ordeal is over. If the remainder rack beckons for Timoleon Vieta, he might return to the Tunbridge Wells, England, bookshop he worked in until last July; should the book turn him into the Next Big Thing, he'd sink the proceeds in a little château in France...