Word: sad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were now going through wooded mountains, which must appear wild and sad to one coming from a gorgeous fruitful country; attractive only for the inner content of their womb...
...Republican politicians. In their gloomy minds, they recalled the black year of 1936 when Alf Landon had had an early lead in polls. In 1928, the whole U. S. turned out to see Al Smith roll by, with cigar, brown derby, wisecracks, East S:dese ard all. As one sad Old Guardsman pontificated to another: dead whales on flat cars also attract crowds...
Since the outbreak of World War II, a hearty old Londoner named J. R. B. Branson has urged his countrymen to eat grass, save food supplies (TIME, July 1). Last week British papers published the sad fate of a zealous grass-eater, one John William Bloomfield, 60, of Harleston, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Despite the pleas of his wife, Bloomfield persisted in browsing on the village green. Finally, after stuffing himself, was taken with violent bellyache, was rushed to a hospital. He died soon afterward. Coroner's verdict: "death by misadventure...
...Sad-eyed Spencer Scott, trained and driven by foxy, old Fred Egan, was no great shakes as a two-year-old. But this year, thanks to careful nursing of his weak hocks. Baby (as he is known around the barns) outstepped his rivals in three of the four major tune-ups for the Hambletonian: Indianapolis' Stallion Stake, Toledo's Matron Stake and Narragansett's National Stake. At Goshen last week Fred Egan's Baby did not let his followers down. He made a runaway of the first heat, crossed the finish line (half a length...
After four years, spent tabulating statistics from every congregation in the country, the Bureau of the Census last week released a U. S. religious census for 1936 (first since 1926). It made sad reading for the devout. Though church membership had risen in the decade from 54,576,346 to 55,807,366, the percentage of increase was well under that for the population as a whole. Worse still, church expenditures had dropped from $817,214,528 in 1926 to $518,953,571 in 1936, and the value of church buildings from...