Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after the speech, a consensus seemed to be growing among ordinary citizens, among public officials and community leaders, and among editorialists and commentators: Nixon had taken the only course open to him. There was less agreement as to the manner of his departure and what further penalty he should suffer...
...soon, this fall's harvest is now all but certain to drop well below amounts needed to restrain inflationary food prices. Says Jim Tippett, an official of the Illinois Farm Bureau: "We need hot, sticky weather now, with plenty of rain, the kind of weather that makes people suffer." Last week some rain fell in the Midwest, but officials said it was not enough to end the drought...
...avail themselves fully of their dramatic opportunity. Louis Turenne heads up the company with his amusing and robust portrayal of the "superabundantly vital" and philosophic underwear manufacturer. Bramwell Fletcher follows closely behind as Lord Summerhays, the fiance's father, a charming old aristocrat still foolish and alive enough to suffer at the hands of an unfeeling young Hypatia...
...situation presented a dilemma for the unpopular junta, which would suffer whether it failed to fight or fought and did poorly. Either way, prideful Greeks would feel that the junta had allowed Turkey to humiliate their country. Athens radio at week's end went off the air amid rumors of a major shake-up in the junta leadership...
...only St. Bernards that suffer the evils of inbreeding. Some German shepherds have hip dysplasia (a flattening of the joint), attributed to selective mating of dogs whose congenital hip dysfunction gives them a long, graceful sloping line, but makes walking progressively more difficult. Chihuahuas, bred for large, domelike skulls, are often born hydrocephalic, become snappy and irritable as excess fluid presses on the brain. Neurophysiologist Richard Redding of Alabama's Auburn University has performed lobotomies on 15 schizoid cocker spaniels whose unpredictable behavior oscillated between cuddly and violent...