Word: pains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bromley Oxnam has to live with himself. Undoubtedly he says prayers before he retires at night. In these orisons, in his baring of soul before a God Who reads our innermost hearts, let the Bishop weigh his responsibility for the confusion he spread in that . . . talk, for the pain he inflicted on all whose only trust is the Crucified Hope of the world, for the delight he gave to those who try to convince themselves that belly, sensual desire, is the only god worthy of rational worship. . . . At the heart of [his] objection to the Catholic Church is his unwillingness...
...unreal for life, He Who Gets Slapped lacks the true overtones of art. Perhaps it suggests that a circus is but a smaller version of the world, and as misleadingly gay a one; perhaps it shows how people love to dramatize pain, how grossness is always buying up beauty. But none of this, is new, whatever the '20s had thought, and it is not made compelling. It is only, at its best, made spectacular...
...domestic matters between his frequent conferences, disposed of many routine chores. Twice he called in his Congressional Big Four. He had his Cabinet in for lunch, later for a meeting. He gave Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan an unscheduled hour in which, presumably, the surgery to end the pain of the Pauley appointment was approved...
...Attlee's tone, in Jinnah's cries of pain and anger, in unofficial British comment, observers saw signs that the British, often accused of supporting the Moslems against the Hindus, were ready to work for Indian unity. If Jinnah will not accept a compromise, the Viceroy may impose a constitution on India over the Moslem League's protest. The constitution might include a bill of rights to protect the Moslems, promise them the right to secede after a period of years. In other respects the Congress Party, now speaking for 60% of British India, would shape...
...extreme insomnia. Dressed in pallbearer black, he drags out his days on a birdlike diet of bread crusts and boiled vegetables, in a barren, unheated apartment, aggressively campaigning to stimulate public interest in despondency.* Teppe has even offered a prize for the best Dolorist novel - "a scientific anatomy of pain, not a tepid caricature of misery." Teppe warns his disciples to shun society. Because nobody dares utter the complete truth, which is too cruel for people to withstand, "every conversation is a lie." Excitement too must be avoided ("enthusiasm is our enemy"). The biggest disillusionment of all is love. Says...