Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people, thousands of people in the streets shouting with us, bringing us food, throwing cigarettes, candy, chocolates and whatever we asked in the yard. I was proud of those people, proud of myself. I knew I was fighting for a certain goal. I knew that I might suffer if I was arrested, but that was all. I was not aware of the danger we were all in. Suddenly the scenery changed. Friday night. A few hundred people left outside after the armed cars invaded the area. We heard shooting. It was about nine or ten....And then I realized that...
...that one possible scenario that may develop as a result of the controversy is an exodus of senior faculty from the Houses to more comfortable and isolated suburban residences. If this scenario comes to pass, he feels that the House system will be inalterably damaged and undergraduate education will suffer a major loss--a loss, he believes, few Faculty members will mourn...
...reaction of an audience of Paramount exhibitors and their guests is hardly a bellwether, but the possibility exists that Paramount's supersell could backfire by bringing in audiences primed to expect a masterpiece and then letting them down. A modestly good movie can suffer from great expectations...
...facing a similar crisis. In the trauma of merging the law firm with an even bigger and more profitable factory. Auchincloss reveals the personalities of the various partners, associates, and wives. They come across as a pretty average group of people; people who may work a little harder, suffer from a few more neuroses and have a little more money than most people, but people who basically are not all that interesting. But each has an indentity, Auchincloss has not merely populated his novel with stock figures. Auchincloss is a craftsman no character's viewpoint is mangled or confused...
...order to resolve the conflicting tensions between her commitment to her career and her perception of her role as a woman, Portnow has decided not to have children--she remains single because she is afraid her work would suffer from the personal compromises marriage and children demand...