Word: hauntedness
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This Batman does not joke. This Batman does not have bat-devices for every conceivable need--he carries pain killers and ampules of nerve gas. He is vicious, self-destructive, haunted by the memory of the murder of his parents--the source of his vengeful inspiration.
Although the music and lyrics, written by Stephen Schwartz, sound as innocent and cheery as any song from a Rogers and Hammerstein musical, the plot and dancing would give Jerry Falwell an apoplectic fit. Haunted by a vague sense that something is missing, Pippin sings and dances his way through...
$ Atlanta is a wary town, haunted by an evil memory, touchy about anything reminiscent of that grim time. Just when lingering anxiety over the slaying of 28 black youths from 1979 to 1981 had begun to recede, a new series of murders with a different type of victim has recalled...
Perhaps the most laborious writing effort was undertaken by the accountant, J.R. Sprechman, whose first novel, Caribe, (Dutton; 280 pages; $17.95) took him decades. The result is anything but weary. The narrative has the sheen of quicksilver, and it manages to blend brutal scenes of New York City drug wars...
While council delegates hunted down fellow representatives and haunted the Square's ice cream hangouts, students waiting for verification of their grants waited, and waited, and waited.