Word: tantalus
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...Such a tantalus of riches required special handling, and the consortium sought the services of Bailey. Initially skeptical, Bailey requested that he be permitted to visit the site. Although he received tacit permission from the Government, the group refused to allow it, fearing that when they sought to lead him there, they might be arrested. In an effort to solve such problems, Bailey had called John Mitchell in mid-March. Mitchell first referred the matter to then White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, who was "nonresponsive." Mitchell next suggested that Bailey "try the White House...
Obtaining a genuine peace in Indochina remains a Tantalus-like frustration, visible but just beyond reach. That was apparent last week as Henry Kissinger and North Viet Nam's Le Due Tho met again in Paris to seek a way of implementing last January's moribund peace agreement...
...Good show, Holmes," said I, reaching for the tantalus and the gasogene...
...Coming here to learn something about ourselves and the world around us, and wanting to luxuriate in a course that has some relevance to us as college students and intelligent human beings, are we to be faced with the impregnable doors of 2 Divinity Ave.? We are left like Tantalus panting after grapes we cannot have, and for no real reason...
...Duncan Phillips notes that in one picture Eilshemius "symbolically depicted himself as adrift, all alone, in a fragile bark rushed along by the fierce currents of wild, rapid waters which swirl around an island under a witching moon. It is a symbol of all futility and frustration under the Tantalus of beauty and romance. It tells of his endless efforts to land on the island of desire...