Word: ordeal
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...trouble getting up in the morning," Rose says. "It was an ordeal to wake Harvey up. It's the only time of day when Harvey's not pleasant...
...fade to black. His doctors saved him by putting him into a deep freeze--a kind of virtual death--so they could stop his damaged heart and repair it. He awoke in a hospital three days later with a new heart valve and almost no memory of his ordeal. "Sometimes a spotlight can remind me of the lights above the operating table," he says, "but I only recall bits and pieces...
...ordeal's aftermath gave him a new artistic life. As he lay in a hospital bed recovering from the surgery, Everlast found himself filled with a wealth of new ideas, many of which he explores on his captivating new cd, Eat at Whitey's (Tommy Boy). The album grapples in a smart, nonpreachy way with heavy issues--love, death, faith--that usually don't spend much time on the radar screen...
...Palme D'or at Cannes; it unsurprisingly was met with considerable boos and has critics and viewers alike divided on its status as groundbreaking art or inane melodrama. The movie centers around Selma (Bjork), a Czech factory and single mother who is gradually going blind. She endures ordeal after ordeal in an attempt to pay for her son Gene's operation, who we are told will develop the same eye disease as Selma. In order to escape the agony and torment of her own worsening condition, she finds relief in musicals. She goes to the movies with her friend Kathy...
...Contender is different. This movie takes issue with the very scandal that stole the red carpet from these other movies, as well as from--more importantly--the foreign affairs and domestic concerns that were shoved out of the spotlight throughout the ordeal. The movie also has the potential to raise myriad intriguing questions. Would the tone of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" have altered, for example, had it been the case of a female executive officer engaging in adulterous behavior with a male White House intern? How have party conspiracies altered the political process? Most important, however, is how should...