Word: wanning
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...Wan-fu, 50-year-old lay leader of the Catholics in his village, was ordered to pluck out his own beard strand by strand. When this process seemed too slow, his torturers burned it off, searing his face with a torch. After severe beatings, "the judge asked Li: 'Will you still be a Christian and act as head of the community?' He answered simply: 'As long as I breathe.' The judge gestured to a soldier near by, and Li Wan-fu was shot through the head...
British Painter Graham Sutherland divides his time and affections between the green downs of Kent and the blue sweep of the Riviera. His paintings have the neatness of one and the brightness of the other. For all that, no one would describe wan, sociable Graham Sutherland's pictures as "nice." He paints twisted roots, withered brambles and bits of sea wrack in a way that makes them look like people in torment...
...apologized for receiving us in a reclining position, explaining that he was still weak from his recent fast ... I asked Gandhi if he would accept the American ballpoint pen I had in my vest pocket." When secretaries scrambled for the trinket, "turning to me [Gandhi] said with a wan smile, 'You see how I am surrounded by selfish sinners...
...Camellia Man. But just as Downey dropped off the merry-go-round, he bequeathed his wan blessing and his political organization to a newcomer to politics, Elias Manchester Boddy, publisher of California's only big-city Democratic daily, the Los Angeles Daily News, and gentleman farmer of a 168-acre suburban camellia and azalea farm...
...hand-me-down roles make for good performances. France's Actress Prelle (formerly Presle), whose delicate playing was a major asset to Devil in the Flesh, has been transformed by more than a change of spelling. She is unimpressive in a role that makes her lift a wan voice in three interminable French songs. In a portrayal that is all mannerism and no meat, Actor Garfield summons up neither the appeal of a hero nor the fascination of a heel...