Word: pent
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...last throes of CIA-backed anti-communism in South America. When the Berlin Wall fell and Cold Warriors like Pinochet became obsolete - if not denounced - in Washington, Pinochet wisely built a fortress of legal immunity around himself before stepping down. But it couldn't withstand the level of pent-up outrage at home and abroad. In the most bizarre case, British authorities arrested Pinochet in London in 1998 on an arrest warrant issued from Spain - where prosecutors wanted to try him for allegedly ordering the execution of leftist Spaniards living in Chile in the 1970s. He was eventually released back...
...poll also confirms anecdotal evidence collected by those who regularly interact with adolescents. "I've talked to a lot of kids with emotional pain and pent-up anger stemming from a variety of factors including divorce and abuse, and they are looking for hope and help in the church," says Shannon Primicerio, a lecturer and author on religious topics whose work is targeted to teens...
...agreed with Walser, stating that he did not “know why who’s leaving is our biggest issue,” he also stated the importance of having an open dialogue between the City Council and the School Committee. “There is a pent up desire [on the Council] to be a part of the solution,” he said. The roundtable is scheduled to occur May 30. —Staff writer Laura A. Moore can be reached at lamoore@fas.harvard.edu...
...short of a Happy Meal, there would be a lot of criminals around this place," cracked one congressman, who declined to be named. A former senior Senate aide bemoaned the fact that the congressional psychiatrist appears to be "so underutilized, when there is clearly quite some pent-up demand...
...There is a good deal of pent-up concern about this on the Harvard Faculty, but many Harvard Faculty members have been reluctant to speak out,” McClintick said. “Most of the conversations I had [with faculty] were away from Harvard Square, away from Cambridge, in people’s homes late at night...