Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Heritage. It was perhaps a tragic accident-though its symbolism can scarcely escape a death-ridden world-that none of Father Marx's beloved children lived happily; the two daughters who survived him committed suicide. But he was to have other children. They came to him by the thousands. Dr. Crankley's spiritual children inherited in varying degree his three outstanding characteristics: pity, hatred and love of power...
...with ever more perplexing issues . . . that the faith is becoming discredited, and disillusion and despair follow in its wake. Liberal Christianity is involved in this disillusionment. Having sought to make a success story of the biblical history of a Crucified Savior . . . it finds itself unable to cope with the tragic experiences...
Schwartz's reputation, if last night's performance is an example, is well deserved. With a powerful voice, mature stage presence, and a masterful variety of interpretive effects, Schwartz dominated the stage as he went from pity to scorn, from anger to tragic resignation. Other parts were well-played...
Month of Stalling. The best - and bitterest - chapter in Lane's book, however, is his detailed reconstruction of the tragic 1944 Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, a story full of confusion at the time, but one that in his telling becomes pathetically plain. On July 29, 1944, a Moscow broadcast urged Warsaw to revolt to hasten the entry of Russian troops, then only ten kilometers away. The underground Polish army, led by General Bor, went into action on Aug. 1. The next day it had two-thirds of Warsaw under control. As the Nazis hit back with savage plane...
Last month, when 23 Communists were brought to trial, the prosecution identified Agustin Sánchez as the No. 1 Communist in Spain. Said he calmly: "I came ... to help end the tragic situation in which Spain finds herself. I was honored by this mission...