Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these are but straws in the wind. The big push for intervention is yet to come. And in this temporary lull the Student Union is hollering for an organized expression of peace sentiment. Using the apt slogan, "No Wilson Promises," it is seeking to dramatize the tragic parables between...
Last week the U. S. heard a great noise. It was the sum of many voices: the burnished periods of Franklin Roosevelt (see p. 11); the hoarse, earnest voice of Wendell Willkie (see p. 12); the tragic solemnity of John L. Lewis (see p. 18); the twanging, drawling, rasping, dry voice of the U. S. in campaign conversation...
...peace-a. Italy-a wants-a cooperation-a anda understanding-a amonga all-a the nations-a of the world-a." The second is Mussolini standing on a speaker's platform puffing, pouting and pleased over the cheers of his people. The third reproduces one of the most tragic and dramatic moments in modern history-Haile Selassie pleading for aid before the League of Nations to the whistles and catcalls of the Italian delegation...
...audience by the arm and points out the simple charms of Grover's Corners. He introduce the Gibb's and the Webbs; Joe Crowell, the paper boy; Howie Newsome, the milkman. He shows you Simno Stimson, the drunkard organist, whose life is like a pathetic symphony with a tragic coda. These are the common folk of "Our Town," brought to life you by a sincere and enthusiastic cast. You may find faults; there are moments when Rowland Bishop's Dr.Gibbs is just a little over pompous; there are scenes where Virginia Thoms's Emily Webb tends to excessive bashfulness...
...Wyck Brooks' second volume on New England culture is: 1. The Tragic Era. 2. The Robber Barons. 3. The Last Stronghold. 4. Its Towers Gone to Seed. 5. New England : Indian Summer...