Word: sadly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...books. The most successful of these was Canary (1936). The most recent is Everyday Miracle (Harper; $2.75), published last week. Dr. Eckstein's books have a peculiar flavor. The professor is no mere animal lover. He feeds his canaries lemon pie, provides little ladders for mice, and is sad when a favorite cockroach named He-Who-Leaps is eaten (he fears) by a favorite mouse named Patsy. But when he writes about them and their peculiarities, he is generally pointing out in a graceful way some mystery of life...
Like millions of other American girls, Frances Lillian Mary Ridste had a voracious hunger for happiness. Like millions of others, she was certain she knew the definition of that sad and elusive word. It meant being rich & famous. It meant having a big car and fine clothes. It meant having a shapely body, unashamedly shown. It meant being madly in love with a handsome man. It meant applause...
...Embassy and the Mexican government exchanged notes of sympathy, and plans were made for an impressive joint funeral. But, sad to say, the common fate of the 16 did not contribute to international understanding. Instead, U.S.-Mexican friendship, which had blossomed steadily since Harry Truman laid a wreath on the Niños Heróes monument (TIME, March 17, 1947), was shaken to its roots...
...sad intangible who grieve and yearn...
...Then, on another occasion, on July 4, 1850, a sad event took place. President Zachary Taylor came out here to a celebration such as this, and he delivered the oration of the day. Then, it being hot as it is now, he ate cherries and fruit, and drank a lot of water, and he went back to the White House and on July 9, he was dead. Let's hope that nothing of that sort happens here today...