Word: disillusionment
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German Fear. Of the German people, Brita confirmed the impression brought out by many untainted neutrals: gloom, apathy, disillusion, but above all, desperate fear of what will happen if they lose the war. Her guess: The Germans will fight to the finish.
When French Guiana revolted against Robert and joined both the Fighting French and Giraud, Valentino was freed. He made his way back to Guadeloupe. Last week he was reported to have led an ill-starred uprising against Robert early this month. Expecting support from the crew of the Jeanne d...
Each of the three Prozorov sisters, living in a provincial Russian town of the last century, suffers from disappointment and disillusion. Masha, wed to an absurd pedagogue, finds, only to lose, her true love, Colonel Vershinin; Olga, the eldest, is doomed to spend the dreary minutes of her existence as...
The work of Anton Checkhov, saintlike Russian reformer, "The Three Sisters" was first performed by Stanislavsky in Moscow in February, 1901. The play itself is a beautifully executed bit of national portraiture as well as a discriminating study of individual frustration. Each of the three Prozorov sisters, living in a...
They looked in vain. From the North Africa of the U.S. and Britain, a great sickness seeped through the world. Disillusion struck the peoples of Occupied Europe. Shame struck the peoples of the U.S. and Britain. For the sickness, disillusion and shame, the U.S. was chiefly responsible. Allied policy in...