Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tragic Aspects...
William A. Heaman, manager of the Dining Halls, admitted yesterday that the size of the separating partitions on the new trays had caused many complaints. Students have praised the efficient designing of the new product but have added that this one tragic flaw prevents the trays from being a complete success...
Harold Clurman, the director, as well as the actors, has tried his best to save the play. But such annoyances as one-time humorist Donald Ogden Stewart's injection of gagged-up lines into serious, sometimes tragic, situations and his resort to melodrama in the final act make his new play something of an annoying experience...
Author Wouk writes with a normal pulse and a sense of humor, but the underlying seriousness is there. His Willie Keith is no tragic hero, but he is recognizably like thousands of civilians turned naval officers who took their lumps, helped win the war and shucked their rancors at the end of it, along with their uniforms...
...hearts most of us are devotees of the cult of the incomplete-sectarianism. The Christ in one church often categorically denies the Christ in a neighboring church. It would be ludicrous were it not tragic . . . When Christians accept Christ as supreme, they cannot but walk as companions and friends . . . Let us keep the purpose of unity firm in our hearts, and look upon all Christians as brothers beloved. It is thus by practicing unity we shall gain unity...