Word: wept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Concord, Calif., will not be possible. In a dual meet there between the U.S. and East Germany, Naber stunned Matthes with his first backstroke defeats in seven years, whipping him in both sprints as well as the first leg of the medley relay. Following the meet, Naber wept after he received the East German's sweatsuit that he had exchanged...
...cool politicians, Carter acknowledges that he wept when he was "born again." He says without embarrassment that "Jesus is the most important thing in my life," and he often falls to his knees "to ask God to let me do the right thing." This fervent religiosity may have won Carter considerable SUPport; not only are the Southern Baptists, now 12.7 million in all 50 states, growing by some 250,000 a year, but the total of evangelical Americans is estimated at between 40 and 50 million*. But among skeptics, there remain lingering doubts about the political significance of Carter...
...that scarred his psyche without crushing his spirit: "I used to see my father, his exuberant spirits momentarily giving in, sitting head in hands, grinding his life away between unpaid bills and unpaid accounts." At seven the future Vice President washed glasses in the family drugstore. At 16 he wept with his parents when they were forced to sell the family home. His political philosophy was soon forged: New Deal, Big Government. "I witnessed," he writes, "how government programs literally rebuilt the territory and again made life tolerable...
Frequently Wept. Forced into exile in Peking by the U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime that ousted him in 1970, Sihanouk had backed the Communist Khmer rebels. But since their capture of Phnom-Penh, the prince has reportedly been unhappy about the new regime's ruthless campaign of intimidation and reprisals against everyone with any connection to Cambodia's past. On a world tour last year, friends say, Sihanouk frequently wept over the course of events...
...About his ability to develop and sustain an orchestra, Los Angeles Executive Director Ernest Fleishman says, "Zubin built the Philharmonic from an orchestra of the secondary rank to one of the dozen greats in the world." Mehta cried when he announced his departure at a morning rehearsal. The orchestra wept with him. Said one member, "New York is lucky...