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Opprobrium (which means scorn, contempt, or severe criticism). The word that emerges most clearly is “probe”, which in recent news most likely is associated with misconduct, wrongdoing, or corruption which inevitably leads to scorn, contempt, or severe criticism.
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How will the world end? If we accept the conclusions of Childhood’s End, instead of a nuclear holocaust we will expect to see a Golden Age, during which all world crises will be resolved and all social problems will evaporate, followed by a final cataclysm triggered by a source from which we least expect it. (I'm wrong please inform it to me)
Wanting something to be over with. It's the matter of being worried or distressed.