Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than any classical tragedian. O'Neill is obsessed with death-and neurosis. Orin, and to a lesser degree Ezra, are shattered by the horrors of war. And for all of the main characters, death eventually becomes the only reality. The sick not only destroy each other, but leave the healthy (such as the neighboring Niles family) irreparably scarred. Such an absolute pessimism is distinctly modern, and purely O'Neill...
...Chancellor was ushered into a medium-size office in which President Andropov was sitting on one side of a green baize-covered table. The two leaders did not shake hands, but Andropov said, "It was my deepest wish to see you yesterday. Unfortunately, it was not possible. I was sick." An eyewitness said the Soviet leader's face looked healthy and that his eyes, behind tinted glasses, were clear and alert. Andropov's left hand appeared numb and stiff, however, and his right hand shook visibly when he made an apologetic gesture. Kohl, who carried two 19th century...
Thatcher's Victorian values-duty, hard work and self-reliance-are great if you are working and financially secure. But if you are poor and sick, what then do Victorian values offer you? Despair...
Though pale and plainly sick the day she lost, Evert Lloyd made little of that afterward. Since she holds the other three major titles at the moment, a grand slam, admittedly not the calendar one, was lost too. Still her grace in defeat was heroic, in contrast to the style of the defending men's champion and top seed Jimmy Connors, who fled in a fury after his fourth-round loss to a big server from South Africa, twelfth-seeded Kevin Curren...
...summer vacation season arrives, employees at Fluor Corp. (1982 revenues: $7.3 billion) face a tough decision. Do they want more money or more time off? Those working for the California-based construction firm can add unused holidays and sick leave to their vacations and take extra, paid time off. On the other hand, they can sell their vacations back to the company for cash and spend their summers on the shop floor or behind their desks...