Word: relentlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, the demands she makes on herself concern those who know her best. Says one: "I wish Nancy could develop a sense of humor about this great adventure, instead of a sense of burden." The burden will be heavy: she not only will endure relentless scrutiny, but her closeness to her husband means that his worries will be hers as well. When these pressures assail her, the public will probably be none the wiser. "If I have a certain core inside of me that is private, it stays private," she told TIME. Life in the national fishbowl will no doubt...
...Austin strangles Lee to death. After a long, seemingly terminal pause, Lee rises. But is he alive, or is he the essence of "agen-bite of inwit," James Joyce's phrase for the nagging remorse of a sinfully burdened conscience? To murder a brother is to create a relentless scourge...
...first accredited woman doctor in the U.S. But the writers' list includes quite unimportant figures like Vita Sackville-West and Agnes Smedley, while ignoring real heroines of literature like the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. What has caused the real flap, however, is Chicago's relentless concentration on the pudenda...
Life for a med student is especially trying during the first two years. While much of the work amounts to reviewing the basic sciences, the pace is fast and relentless. And just about all the work is done in the classroom. Only in the third and fourth years are students permitted to test their stethescopes at the teaching hospitals and sample real medicine. Vanderbilt houses first- and second-year students--all of whom have had their fill of classrooms in high school and college, and all of whom are just itching to throw on Marcus Welby white jackets and start...
...award, presented annually by the coaches to the outstanding interior lineman, went, as expected, to senior offensive guard Orazio Lattanzi. A second-team All-Ivy selection last year, Lattanzi (pronounced o-RAH-zee-oh La-THAN-zee) provided the only strong performance on the offensive line against Yale's relentless pressure Saturday...