Word: lamentably
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...British press variously described the trial as "a blow to liberty" (Laborite Daily Herald) and "a victory for civilization" (Conservative Morning Post). Between these two extremes, the Westminster Gazette took occasion to lament that a whiff of politics was undoubtedly apparent to squeamish noses at the trial, and quoted: "It is not enough that justice should be done-it must appear to be justice...
...several years the lament over the farmer's sad lot has been a conspicuous political asset to many Congressmen and Senators. In consequence, to state that the farmer is experiencing prosperity is, for such politicians, like depriving a she-bear of her whelps...
...rise, resolve; figures whisper and stir in a camp of many tents. Saul goes to consult the Witch of Endor and a whirling wind of ghostly voices imparts to him foreknowledge of doom. Saul and his three sons die in the battle of Gilboa while the Israelites march ("The Lament of Gilboa"). A women's chorus of solo voices proclaims David King of Israel. David's humility has gone flying away with the pebble that burrowed in Goliath's brain; he swaggers and struts before the Lord; calamities confront his house. The music, from a gloating minor...
...Caillaux and part of the delegation were entertained by Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Editor of Foreign Affairs, at luncheon. The other guests included: Paul D. Cravath, John W. Davis, Herman Har-jes, Otto H. Kahn, Thomas W. Lament, Russell C. Leffingwell, James H. Perkins, Seward Prosser, Benjamin Strong, Paul M. Warburg, Walter Lippmann, Julian Mason, Frank A. Munsey, Rollo Ogden, Frank L. Polk...
Other editors wrote a statement that everyone found acceptable. Partisans of either side were able to find in it a sneer at the other, while to neutral minds it seemed neither sneer nor lament, but a statement of fact: "The Americans have the money...