Word: relentless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ziegler, Connie attempts to answer all questions, though she does not hesitate, with a theatrical roll of her eyes, to show her disapproval of certain queries. Because of her mugging and facial contortions, the "Washington Witches" (the British nickname given the Washington women's press corps for its relentless pursuit of Prince Charles and Princess Anne) have dubbed these press conferences "the Connie Stuart Show." But the Witches grant that Connie tries hard, and that if she does not know something, she will admit it, adding: "I'll find out for you." She usually does...
...Passion of Anna. Ingmar Bergman's relentless closeup of the artist in a world where screams of Angst are answered by the silence...
...Ralph Nader&151;gentle, incorruptible, relentless and deliciously victorious...
...join a number of other high school and college journalists at last week's televised news conference. Their presence was announced in advance by the White House as evidence of presidential efforts to establish links with the young. Even before he left for Washington, Gordon says, "the relentless Boston press" descended on him for interviews...
...crowd-pleasing has become a criterion of excellence, poetry, which has lasted for thousands of years, has a future "no longer than the future of the Beatles." We all have our own ideas about the Beatles, but as long as there are writers who give themselves entirely to the relentless pursuit of their conceptions of truth, poetry has nothing to fear. Luckily, we still have such writers working among us. Elizabeth Bishop's work promises, by every standard I can think of, to be timeless. Caught as we are in frenzy, we need more of her considered wisdom and temperate...