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Yet, however destructive to his personal life, Matthiessen’s restive, yearning nature animated the best of his fiction.

Ms. O’Hara has the more richly written role, and she imbues Carmen with a gentle sense of yearning.

“We’re all susceptible to the sweet rush of approval, the desperate fear of disapproval, and the yearning for purpose and community,” Huet writes.

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In an interview with Salon, Lawrence rejected the notion that Americans are yearning for a centrist party, saying that voters want candidates who offer tangible material, positive change.

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Jacob Elordi’s yearning creature breaks spines and hearts in a violent, kinetic adaptation that co-stars Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz and Mia Goth.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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