Word: tormenting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this, combined with his driving ambition to succeed and to cross his own nature, forces him farther and farther from civilization and from sanity. As Frank loses touch with reality one is made actuely aware of the danger of aintense ambition I rank can respond to his own torment only by withdrawing from the civilized world. Harland's Half Acre explores this conflict, showing the complexity as well as relevancy of it in today's world...
...vault behind the bookcase, the cries of a soul in torment could be heard...
...essay, existential in tone, is one of the most personal expressions ever voiced by a modern Talmudic authority on the elemental power of religious faith and the ways in which the joy of life often comes mixed with longing, torment and despair...
...original cast members from the Negro Ensemble Company's New York production appear in the film; especially noteworthy is the performance of Adolph Caesar, who recreates his award-winning portrayal of Master Sergeant Waters. At his best, Caesar affords us a glimpse at a man's inner struggle and torment, torn between conflicting feelings of dignity and disdain. Unfortunately, as is often the case, what worked so successfully on stage can not be transferred to celluloid, and the overall performance lacks its original dramatic power...
DIED. Liam O'FIaherty, 88, powerful and prolific Irish novelist and short-story writer, whose tales of desperate men, failed traditions and spiritual torment (The Black Soul, The House of Gold, Famine) combined brutally modern realism and wild lyricism; in Dublin. His best-known work, The Informer (1925), was filmed three times, most notably in 1935 by John Ford and starring Victor McLaglen...