Word: sufferings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kotowski, according to the officer's report: "[Bossert said he] was the senior officer of the University and advised me to discontinue my actions. When I explained to him that under the stalking laws we are mandated to act, he said, 'If you go against my advice you will suffer the consequences tomorrow...
...policy toward the Havana regime, including direct negotiations with Castro to encourage a phased-in democracy. Says Menoyo: "We want the people to emerge from this with their lives, liberty and their rights. The measures that Clinton is taking serve only to make 11 million Cubans -- everyone except Castro -- suffer." He complains that his organization cannot get Washington's ear because it has less money and political influence than Mas Canosa. "He is promoting the destruction of Cuba," says Menoyo, "so he can go in after Castro, buy everything in sight and declare himself President...
...mother of an exile is glad President Bill Clinton cut off remittances, even if it means no more money from her son in California. "He pockets the money anyway," she says. Who? "Fidel. Who else?" Alarmed, her companions shush her, and she lowers her voice. "I'd rather suffer a little more than see this damn government prosper anymore," she whispers. "They have everything -- generators, cars, gas, the food they want -- and we have nothing. They talk about Fatherland or Death, Socialism or Death. Bullshit. I'm not going to die while they fatten themselves...
...French-protected safety zone last Friday afternoon, several thousand people flocked to the local stadium to hear their words. Amid the commotion, few remarked on the site from which the ministers hoped to persuade 100,000 Hutu refugees that if they return to their homes, they will not suffer reprisals for the massacres of up to 500,000 Tutsi. Barely four months ago, this same stadium was crammed with tens of thousands of Tutsi men, women and children waiting to be slaughtered by Hutu soldiers and militia...
...Even though orchestral entrances are almost always well-synchronized, the subsequent lag time in the hall results in an acoustic clouding that renders the sound more two-dimensional than one might expect. Very exposed passages (e.g. the wind soli at the beginning of the second symphony's Allegretto grazioso) suffer less from the reverberation, and the sheen makes up for the slight lack of warmth. A final quibble: the effect of dynamic contrast is also dulled to a certain extent, with the ends seemingly a bit truncated at both ends of the spectrum...