Word: sadly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...patrons, Richmond Poetaster Mann Valentine (whose minor and forgotten writings he illustrated) tried to put the successful young painter under a microscope. Hubard, Valentine wrote, was "small, delicate looking, black hair, brown eyes, harelip, Roman nose, large mouth; strongly marked features:-when quiet- painful, sad, and thoughtful; when he laughs it is hysterical and rarely with a hearty guffah...
Brown-eyed Dimitri Kutseos, 16-year-old rebel guerrilla, was one of 40 captured in the battle at Konitsa. Dressed in a grey-green Rumanian military tunic, as were many of his comrades, he looked a sad little figure. Colonel Valadas, commanding the Loyalists in Konitsa, remarked: "When you catch them they say they were forcibly recruited; but when they fight, they fight like hell...
Married when he was 17, Regan now has four children, the oldest 23, the youngest 17. He knows close to 200 Irish ballads, half of them too bawdy to sing in public, and half of what's left, too sad. His theory: "Why should I make the customers cry, when I can make them happy...
...sad that the most irresponsible and, as citizens, least mature, individuals among us should have the deciding voice about Harvard's part in this vital national effort. John Wermer...
...Jouhaux was sad. He had devoted 38 years of his life to building up the C.G.T. He wanted the Force Ouvrière rebels to wait until the September union elections, when he thought control of the C.G.T. could be wrested from the Reds. When he ended his speech a few hands clapped out of respect for the Old Man. But a speaker who followed him and echoed his sentiments got boos and catcalls. At 11 p.m. Jouhaux shuffled wearily from the hall...