Word: yearning
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...distressed by your opposition to progress, because, although I seldom complain against the local mess hall (in fact, I take solace in the prospect that the children who can stand no cooking but their maid's or mother's, will soon eat in mess halls that will make them yearn for Ptomaine Tessie and the K-house Consolidated), I have been mightily distressed by the present tray situation...
...Danube so that the East bank of the River and the central part of the city are terribly battered. Pock marks of the Russian chase cover the walls of buildings even in the Western outskirts. The Viennese hold everyone else responsible for the wreck. They do not yearn for another Anschluss and have no love for the Germans. But they loathe the Russians with a combined intolerance for Slavism, vengeance, and a culture less developed than their own. A Viennese girl said to me, "the Germans were bad, but at least they didn't tear out telephones and shash bath...
...tired of carrying your own food from the serving trays to your table? Do you yearn for a pretty waitress to add zest to the chicken a lacking? Yale may be the place...
...control of Lewis' son, daughter-in-law and widow. Last week Rosicrucian leaders filed their answer to Widow Kiimalehto's suit: the Kiimalehto-Lewis team, they said, had not been a business partnership. Meanwhile, the checks and money orders continued to roll in from those who yearn to learn about "the system of metaphysical and physical philosophy intended to awaken the latent faculties of the individual whereby he may utilize to a better advantage his natural talents and lead a more happy life...
Tobogganing or sledding is fine if you yearn for childhood days, and can find a clean stretch of hill unpolluted by skiers...