Word: despairingly
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...most willing to forgive his flawed stewardship or even defend him as the victim of his critics. Everywhere there were Americans who still applaud his achievements in foreign policy, and particularly in finally ending the Viet Nam War. But the dominant mood was a growing sense of dismay, disenchantment, despair, and a willingness to recognize if not approve that the President may sooner or later have to step down...
...since 1908, are facing their last stride for the gold. The International Olympic Committee recently dropped the 50-kilometer walk from future Games and scheduled one last 20-kilometer walk in 1976. The awkward walkers, say officials, create traffic problems as they fan out through city streets. Moreover, referees despair of ever properly policing the prescribed form (one foot must always be in contact with the ground, one knee must not bend at a certain moment of the stride) over a long course. Now the walkers are organizing a campaign to save the walk. "We realize it will...
...many of the men and women who came out of the President's news conference Friday night and walked through this scene carried with them a deep sense of despair...
...history. The day will come when we shall recount what each of us has done and how each one bore his trust, how the heroes of this people and this nation went out in a dark period carrying the torches of light and pointing out the road between despair and hope...
...sweltering August heat, move slowly through grim Septembers and Octobers and climax--or fizzle out altogether--around Thanksgiving. Respect and friendship are earned by how hard one hits, how much pain one can endure. A single word from a coach can evoke a sudden flood of joy or despair. For those with seasons still to come, the rest of the year is merely the off-season--football stories dominate small talk and big talk. But when the last season is played out, a truly remarkable, savagely beautiful experience is irretrievably lost, leaving only the tall tales...