Word: sadly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jean-de-Dieu, waiting for the sad sentence that they knew was inevitable. They learned that he had received the last sacrament. Twice they heard that he was in a final coma...
...promoted" (retired) from the post of Commander-in-Chief to something created on the spot called "Adviser to the Government in Matters Concerning the Direction of the War." Finally this sop was replaced by the baton of Marshal. To "Papa" Joffre the supreme military honor came as a sad pseudo-climax, a kind pretense that his power had not been taken away. There was nothing left to do, no further service he could perform for France, except to ride through the streets of U. S. cities in 1917, cheered to the echo, inspiring men to volunteer and fight for Democracy...
...Vagabond has often been wondering, of late, to just what sad end this world is coming. He is by nature a peaceful and optimistic soul, and the machinations of Hitlers and Mussolinis on the other side of the Atlantic at times fill him with a real uneasiness. He views the flag-waving Nationalist and his works with alarm, and has often wondered at the strange course taken by the ship of state when under the influence of popular jingoism...
Buying eggs and potatoes en route (Minister Johnson leading a sad-eyed pack pony) they went along the borders of Shansi province, whither a round-faced young engineer named Herbert Hoover took his bride while he surveyed mineral deposits...
...Last night the sad news came in . . . high tragedy, I think. . . . Abyssinia's loss is New York's gain...