Word: unpleasanter
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The Viet Nam War seems endless in its capacity to generate unpleasant surprises. The latest is the unexpected hostility to accepting Vietnamese refugees into the U.S. It has surfaced suddenly with considerable fervor, and for a variety of often contradictory reasons, all over the country. Senator McGovern, the 1972 presidential...
Forced to stare at things it wouldn't normally waste its time on, an audience can, with no qualms, just walk out. Many people will no doubt walk out of The Passenger. So much of it is unpleasant, and more will simply be tedious for those who aren't geared...
Not everybody did. Pending immigration clearance, the State Department ordered that evacuees be confined to the compound, and barbed wire was strung in some areas-an unpleasant precaution that not only protected the security of the base but, as it turned out, shielded the refugees from hordes of gawkers, hucksters...
Rose's story is just as stark. Left motherless at twelve, she found herself successively at the mercy of a drunken father, the Southwold servants' hall, and a lecherous young master. Orphan Sarah's beginnings were livelier - and even more unpleasant. As a girl she is saved...
Harvard-Radcliffe recruiting can look to their successes when the criticism gets tough to take. Reardon described the case of an applicant he found in Oakland. His high school "was the worst, toughest, most unpleasant place I ever went into, with every window blocked out. I felt I would be...