Word: patheticism
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It would all have been pretty funny-had it not been so pathetic, and so symptomatic of Republican troubles.
Sonny's performance in Miami was somewhat pathetic, but anyone who saw either of his two knockouts of Floyd Patterson cannot underestimate the man. If Liston went into the ring on crutches, he would still be a potent threat.
The X factor, the essential condition for these love stories--love stories only by rather loose definition--is fantasy: half-conscious, almost conspiratorial self-delusion. In the first play, Tennessee Williams's slight but appealing This Property is Condemned, Miss DeMott's fantasy life takes the whole stage. For a...
ZORBA THE GREEK. Anthony Quinn presses strong red wine from Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, with Oscar Winner Lila Kedrova as the pathetic old jade who is drinking her final toast to life.
ZORBA THE GREEK. Strong red wine distilled from Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, with Anthony Quinn as Zorba, Oscar Winner Lila Kedrova as the pathetic old jade who is drinking her final toast to life.