Word: relentlessness
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...released months ago and at last felt free to speak. The full story of their ordeal is far from told. The first fragmentary reports indicated that the hostages were not subjected to the physical tortures that Iranians have inflicted on each other for centuries, but the Americans did suffer relentless psychological abuse and physical mistreatment that ring in American ears as a tale of horror...
...Huskies, however, were resilient and relentless--in a word, dogged. Gerry Cowie, Paul MacDougall and Sandy Beadle whisked all over the ice for the heretofore hapless Huntington Hounds, who had never struck Beanpot gold in the tourney's 27 years...
Indeed, the demands she makes on herself concern those who know her best. Says one: "I wish Nancy could develop a sense of humor about this great adventure, instead of a sense of burden." The burden will be heavy: she not only will endure relentless scrutiny, but her closeness to her husband means that his worries will be hers as well. When these pressures assail her, the public will probably be none the wiser. "If I have a certain core inside of me that is private, it stays private," she told TIME. Life in the national fishbowl will no doubt...
...Austin strangles Lee to death. After a long, seemingly terminal pause, Lee rises. But is he alive, or is he the essence of "agen-bite of inwit," James Joyce's phrase for the nagging remorse of a sinfully burdened conscience? To murder a brother is to create a relentless scourge...
...first accredited woman doctor in the U.S. But the writers' list includes quite unimportant figures like Vita Sackville-West and Agnes Smedley, while ignoring real heroines of literature like the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. What has caused the real flap, however, is Chicago's relentless concentration on the pudenda...