Word: sadly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago the Colombian Navy splashed into the news by racing 5,000 mi. around South America and up the Amazon River to the scene of a potential war with Peru. Peru has a sad navy: two old cruisers, three destroyers, four submarines. Colombia has one even sadder: six little gunboats, the biggest under 700 tons, and some coast guard patrol boats.* Luckily the League of Nations settled the "war" in Colombia's favor, but the worried Colombians have lately been picking up bargains in second-hand war boats. Thus a U. S. steamer named the Commercial Traveler...
...National Broadcasting, Dirigibilist Hugo Eckener and a few of Mr. Boomer's fellow Manhattan hotelkeepers. But the majority were European hotelmen who bore tales of lean years and no profits. There were a few notable exceptions, who reported good business, but the general tenor of the conference was so sad that most meetings were closed to the Press...
...kind of sorrow is new to me," said the mother of Rumania's scapegrace Carol. "No sad experience is unknown to me, because life for a Queen can be just as hard as it is for anyone else...
...naturally turns to her mother. I represent strength, consolation and sympathy. She finds in me royal stamina, patience and resourcefulness coupled with the sad courage of one who has stood alone, facing Fate...
...sad and hearty word...