Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pavements. As he held public prayers for Communist North Viet Nam's "church of silence" (430,000 Catholics under Red rule), refugees from the north streamed into the city for a look at the Pope's emissary. To kindle morale where it is under great stress-along the smoldering Chinese border-Agaganian tirelessly inspected Catholic schools, hospitals, refugee camps, convents, seminaries and nurseries. Said a Vietnamese priest: "He has strengthened our determination to free our enslaved brethren in the north. Above all, we are now secure in the knowledge that Rome thinks .of us, no matter how small...
...miler Dyke Benjamin, out with a painful leg injury for most of the winter, will return to action tonight in a courageous attempt to aid the Crimson cause. In winning the mile against B.U. Dec. 13, Benjamin incurred a stress fracture in his lower leg that kept him out of commission until early February, when he began jogging outdoors...
McElroy took pains to stress that the ICBM gap will be temporary, and that while it lasts it will not mean a real defense gap. The U.S.. he pointed out, has and will have a "diversified" arsenal, with various means of delivering nuclear retaliatory power...
...extent and quality of material available, especially in the case of contemporary masters, as over half the works are of the twentieth century. Strauss, the founder of the Fine Arts Club, stated that "The exhibit is the first of its kind in several decades. Our aim is to stress the importance of this type of exhibition for two reasons--first, to show the great activity of Harvard in the art world, and second, to encourage collecting...
Kronenberger wouldn't go very far in defining the sort of comedy which most interests him ("We really haven't the time now.") but did mention that "It is generally not written for great masses of people. Broadway with its stress on hits or flops (and no middle ground!) leads to wisecracking or mechanical farces...