Word: lamentably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...classicism. With a bare economy of notes, it builds up by means of polyphonic architecture to a climax of tremendous beauty, and with the final text "in pace," the souls of the righteous seem to float off into space and come eternally to rest in Abraham's bosom. The Lamentations of Jeremiah, an entirely different sort of thing, takes as its subject the Biblical account of the fall of Jerusalem, and achieves its effect of sustained grief by a certain pitched, calculated monotony. Now and then a sharper twist of phrase suggests the weeping and gnashing of teeth, sackcloth...
Phillips' Lament...
...personal friend of King Boris, I lament the loss of Wild Bill's wallet, but I resent the aspersion cast on the honor of my poor but honest countrymen...
...American aid to Britain by measures which do not stop short of war is that without such aid Britain may not be able to win and that Americans should be fearful of the consequences of British defeat. Such reasoning rests upon a misunderstanding of American psychology. Nearly all Americans lament the defeat of France and would lament a similar defeat of Britain. But they are unready to believe that they are dependent upon any foreign power for their own national defense, and they can not easily be frightened into participation in a foreign war. When six months ago France fell...
...peace. A. F. of L. faced a fight over racketeers within its ranks. In an attack on racketeering, David Dubinsky raised the lament in the wilder ness heard by John Lewis in Atlantic City. Dubinsky and his fellow delegates from the International Ladies' Garment Work ers Union proposed a resolution giving the Executive Council of the Federation summary power to oust union officials guilty of corrupt practices or "moral turpitude." President Green throttled the idea, contending it would destroy the autonomy of unions. Dubinsky threatened to carry his resolution to the floor for a fight...