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Word: sadly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this now, imagine what it was before. Our fathers dressed in their World War II uniforms. listening to Roosevelt on the radio: things like this happened before most of us were born, so they belong to the indistinct memory of books, to the chronicle of another age. It's sad to think of what we missed. And it is possible to be nostalgic for a world we never knew. This must be why the still fixity of photographs recalls so much, why an album of snapshots from James Joyce's Paris days is as suggestive as Ulysses...

Author: By James R. Atlas, | Title: Nostalgia The Diary of Anais Nin Volume III 1939-1944; Harcourt, Brace and World; $7.50 | 12/4/1969 | See Source »

...called anyone who might be interested in diseased Yalics. The AP. the UPI. the New Haven Register, WRKO. All the heavy weights. We were putting the massive hurt to New Haven. Both the AP and UPI were skeptical, and called back. We both posed as Yale staffers, confirmed the sad report, and told them that Brewster, the Yale president, had told us to have anyone call him at anytime to confirm the forfeit. This was our finest moment. AP fell for it, and called everyone they could think of at Yale...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 11/26/1969 | See Source »

There were troops stationed on top of all the government buildings along the way. Lots of the boys flashed peace signs to us and we'd flash them back. I wondered if they envied us our apparent freedom, and then thought how sad it might all be if they were actually waiting for us to free them. I really wish I knew where the army...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Memoirs of a Would-be Street lighter | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...Renault of building-takeovers and sit-ins and the ensuing changes in University governance and policies, many members of this community have acquired a mentality which holds that change will not come without militant action. This presents sad prospects for the future. The members of this community must seriously consider what conduct is appropriate within the University. Until that time, change at Harvard will be marked with disruption and synonymous with reports from the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities...

Author: By Harvard UNDERGRADUATE Council, | Title: PAINTERS' HELPERS | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...managers cleaning off balls and attending to various necessities. There was no one else around. The Band hadn't come down. The undergraduates who had been buzzing around Dillon last year were not there this time. But George Lalich's father was, and it was all pretty sad...

Author: By John L.??????, | Title: Powers of the Press | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

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