Word: relished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trying to bring about a social revolution. Their speeches are not just background color thrown it to give characters an excuse for passionate devotion or to propel a romantic plot Rather they are the lyrical heart of the script, bringing intensity and believability to characters who otherwise conform with relish to the movement's righteous stereotypes...
...relish being sandwiched...
...Never quite convinced of his right to exist, he wore himself down with ceaseless self-dissection, suffocated in an office job the talent he knew he had, and often tried to sabotage his most precious relationships. Although he never formally committed suicide-a failure he gloated over with particular relish--he quite possibly had a hand in bringing on the tuberculosis that killed him at age 41. As for the writings that were not published during his lifetime--two unfinished novels, a large number of stories, diaries and letters--he asked his close friend and first biographer, Max Brod...
...White House would relish the chance to present what Reagan called his "single, bold stroke" of federalism as a package, subject to a few major up-or-down votes, such as the budget and tax tallies of last year, rather than subjecting the plan to scores of amendments and piecemeal votes in the House and Senate. During the speech, Vice-President George Bush, who tried to banter with a grim House Speaker Tip O'Neill, canvassed the Democratic side of the aisle for signs of support. "Only Gramm applauded," the Speaker gruffly noted later, referring to Phil Gramm...
...scene that might be taken from an Errol Flynn movie, Wallenberg once stood up to a German officer attempting to round up Jews for a march, saying, "If you want to take them, you will have to shoot me first." If Eichmann was the kind of man who could relish the anguished pain of millions of people, Wallenberg was a man who could not bear to witness the pain of one individual. It seems as though Wallenberg--who, as a well-to-do Gentile, could have sat through the war in comparative comfort in Sweden--felt personally responsible for helping...