Word: sufference
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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RICHARD VON Weizsacker seems to suffer from a double standard when it comes to his criminal father. Those who support the Harvard honor point to a speech he gave in 1985 after President Reagan agreed to visit Bitburg. In that speech, he appeared to acknowledge his own guilt and that of his generation...
...Longworths and their circle are vivid people. No one in this book needs money; no one is at a loss for words. But they suffer as well as sin, and their human failings are drawn with a compassion that makes the author's moral tickling tolerable. At 36, Wilson already has a formidable literary career. He peoples his little worlds lavishly, and his characters are the creations of an exceptionally alert and abundant mind. The Healing Art (1980) was an early dazzler, trenchant but somewhat raveled. Wise Virgin (1982) was perhaps his best-constructed novel. Now, in Love Unknown...
...sexual secrets is the stuff of Freudian nightmares. But last year, after Martin (not his real name), an electrical worker, was sued by his former girlfriend in New York City, he was required to answer a lawyer's questions on intimate details of his sexual activities: "Did you ever suffer from blisters or sores on your penis or genitals?" "Did you ever have difficulty achieving or keeping an erection during sexual intercourse?" Martin discovered that the true fury of hell is not a woman scorned but a woman who contracts genital herpes from her lover...
...basic problems stemmed from a six-month, $162 million overhaul that gave the QE2 modern diesel engines and revamped its accommodations. An official of the Cunard Line, which owns the 18-year-old ocean liner, said it was assumed that the renovated ship would suffer "teething problems." But their unexpected magnitude will take a $1 million bite out of Cunard's revenues in partial refunds offered to customers...
...reasons for increasing tuitions and decreasing financial aid may be sound, but as Columbia senior Winston A. Willis says, "obviously the educational system will continue, but it won't be as diverse. It will suffer without input from Black and minority minds...