Word: laments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only lament the sad state in which professional sports finds itself. As long as state and city governments give in to the wishes of team owners, as long as owners have the arrogance to demand they be at the top of every local agenda, it seems unlikely the cycle of abandonment and betrayal will...
...largesse. Of course one slides back and forth through a middle range of buoyancy and irritability. A few weeks ago, I went to the Harvard Club and cleared out the squash locker that I had used twice a week for more than 20 years. An aging yuppie's lament: no more squash. I was depressed until it began to seem funny, as if John O'Hara had written that moment of my life...
...slab of meat might be something different. When we caught sight of the elusive chicken guy we practically had to flag him down. And I must say the guy carrying the skewer of little impaled chicken hearts never did make it to our table--which was hardly cause for lament for me, although conesseiurs say chicken hearts are one of the more delectable organs. I'll take their word...
...worse. We can imagine the closeness and joy an elderly Eastern European babushka must have felt in the early 20th century when she used a telephone for the first time, and heard the chirping words of her grandchild coming over the wire from the New World. We can lament the suburban neighborhoods that grew quiet when television held post-war children in the living room in the hours when they used to play Kick the Can. We can relax as planes, trains and automobiles zip us around the shrinking world--Boston today, New York tomorrow, Sri Lanka the next...
...tension that drives the play. Frederik lacks the energy to seduce the innocent Anne, for whom the idea of marital duty is confined to being cheerful around her husband. Henrik, a young seminarian, is equally naive and is confused by the attraction he feels for Anne. The three lament their bizarre love triangle in a musical trio, though only Beurteaux's beautiful soprano can be heard consistently...