Word: yearning
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...always, Brigitte plays a pouty fleshpot yearning for a man (Henri Vidal) who doesn't yearn back. This unlikely situation is sillier than usual because this time, besides her natural endowments, she has wealth and social position as the daughter of the "Prime Minister" of France. But Vidal, dad's Chief of Foreign Affairs, throws gravel in her face as he takes off in his car to meet his latest mistress...
...Migration. The safety valve for Puerto Rico's population pressure has been migration to the U.S. Puerto Ricans like their sunny island, but until jobs there are more plentiful, many of them will continue to yearn for the U.S. as it is described in the Broadway musical West Side Story...
...Thierry, "De Gaulle had the country in his hands in 1945 and couldn't run it. We need somebody who is better at politics." But on the minds of many Frenchman, De Gaulle's tactic of moderation seemed to have its effect. It might not make them yearn for his return to power, but it helped to resign them to the prospect...
...animal! The Clara story is wonderful! What a nice idea to save bad men!" To busy herself off the set, Minou is grinding out a novel, The Reptiles of Light, a sad story of a little blind girl. Also, the heat and dust of the studio have made her yearn for the sea, with this result...
...With the second five-year plan, New Delhi's economists hoped to raise per capita income to $69 a year, and double electric power output. Above all, they planned to treble steel production, thereby give India the heavy industry that all the world's underdeveloped nations yearn for as the badge of true economic independence...