Word: obsessional
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Buddy, Kroener was convinced, blamed him for the imprisonment. The gorilla's rage became smoldering and volcanic. Several times he lunged through the bars at Kroener, who saved himself only by his agility. Nevertheless, the care of the gorilla had become an obsession with the one-time butcher. He...
Said Laval in his first broadcast as leader of France: "I have always affirmed that rapprochement of France and Germany is the condition for peace in Europe. Like an obsession, I have always sought on every occasion an entente which would put an end to tragic misunderstandings which too often...
Douglas MacArthur once said in the Philippines: "The United States has ordered me to defend these islands. I propose to defend them." Having defended them to the utmost, he spoke in candor and earnestness when he now proposed to relieve them. On his way southward he spoke incessantly of retaking...
The Korean peninsula, thrusting down into the Yellow Sea to within 100 miles of Japan, is more than a Japanese problem. It is a Japanese obsession. With an older culture than the Japanese (whom they helped civilize), Koreans are traditionally pastoral, home-loving. Since 1910 Japan's policy has...
Maternal overprotection resembles an obsession neurosis, but Dr. Levy's 20 mothers were not neurotic. Practically all vere stable, responsible, aggressive, strongly maternal women. Frequently there was sexual or social incompatibility with the husband. Many of the mothers had serious responsibilities in their own childhoods, such as housework or...