Word: strainingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...investigators found no residues of the tranquilizers in Lavrinc's body. But they said that any crew member who needs tranquilizers should be grounded. "Captain Lavrinc," said the CAB, "was so heavily burdened with mental and emotional problems that he should have been relieved of the strain of flight duty while undergoing treatment for his condition." For the first time in aviation history, an official CAB report said of a crash: "A contributing factor to the accident may have been preoccupation of the captain resulting from mental stress...
...army revolt would be impossible to imagine in most fully industrialized countries, Wahl continued. The recent attempt shows that there is still a primitive, "Latin American" strain in French culture. It may also make the Algerian rebels wonder if de Gaulle will be able to impose any treaty he signs upon the Frenchmen in Algeria, Wahl said...
...bill--the church-state controversy and states rights--have been virtually settled. Public opinion has been appeased now that Catholic school officials have accepted the prospect of a separate bill, similar to Title III of the NDEA, calling for loans to non-public schools. States rights Congressmen, feeling the strain on their pocketbooks more than on their principles, will accept the bill if the clause which sets aside ten per cent of each state's Federal aid for predetermined slum areas is deleted. The revised bill would give the states one hundred per cent control of the allocation...
...with purple squiggles suggesting decay. Even Strombotne's self-portrait-an elongated figure with beard and dark glasses-seems tortured. The wrists are crossed as if waiting to be manacled; the stance is stiff and tense. "This," says Strombotne, "represents the tension that is in me and the strain that flows through every...
...twelve and rode "pillion on an older man's motor cycle" long before anyone heard of Lolita. When these characters converge in the back corridors or the main dining hall of Serenity House, they strike continuous comic sparks. At times the characters-and the book-show the strain of trying to make every moment a madcap one. But most of the time Author Kronenberger-biographer (Marlborough's Duchess), social commentator (Company Manners), novelist (Grand Right and Left), and TIME theater critic for 23 years-keeps the repartee fresh and furiously flying. Moreover, he makes the reader accept...