Word: yearning
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Trench warfare was ghastly enough to make any of its freezing, frightened participants yearn for almost any kind of escape. As for those who were restricted to England for the duration, the climate, which had once seemed a mild test of pluck and heartiness, began to seem intolerable. What Fussell calls the "I Hate It Here" syndrome became rampant, particularly among writers, malcontents at the best of tunes. When getting away finally became possible again, many left seeking not just adventure but permanent exile...
...ability to display the inner world of her characters in a few lines of lucid, supple, periodic prose. In Grace and Caro, "a vein of instinct sanity opened and flowed: a warning that every lie must be redeemed in the end . . . In their esteem for dispassion they began to yearn, perverse and unknowing, towards some strength that would, in turn, disturb that equilibrium and sweep them to higher ground...
...seen. Carter was profoundly impressed with the Roman Colosseum and Forum, which he had never seen before. Venice fascinated him by being so much different from anything he had known or expected. But as he sped toward home, the images of imperial grandeur faded. The President still seems to yearn for self-denial and simplicity, which are terribly hard to come by in the crowd with which he travels...
...meet recruiting quotas. While 68% of the enlistees without prior military service had high school diplomas in the first half of fiscal 1979, this year only 58% do. Although some combat officers argue persuasively that a ninth-grade dropout may still make a good soldier, top military leaders today yearn to get better educated recruits. Said Army Deputy Chief of Staff Glenn Otis to the TIME panel: "We would like to have more high school grads. They have a better understanding of life and what they're about. They're better prepared to take on a wider variety of tasks...
...stressed. Playwright Pielmeier has performed the difficult feat of creating a credible innocent, a plausible saint. Agnes cannot hear the voices of the world because her heart is trust to God. In one telling interchange, Pielmeier captures the inner guilt and grief of those who, reared as Christians, yearn to believe again. Agnes has told of speaking with...