Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such bad shape that neither the President nor his party feels he has any choice but to die with his boots on, it would be well for the American people to discover this sad fact now instead of later when it may be too late...
...Sad & Shocking." To each of these witnesses the subcommittee pressed a single serious question: Is a missile czar necessary to speed the U.S. missile program? All but Vannevar Bush thought that one was. But when the Senators turned to testimony from Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, they were informed politely but firmly that the missile programs had a top man: Neil McElroy. Missileman William M. Holaday, explained the Defense Secretary, is missile "director," and "I consider that I am easily accessible to him when he needs the power that I happen to possess.'' As for President Eisenhower...
Emerging from the briefing, the Senators quickly put their distress on record. "A sad and shocking story," said Missouri Democrat Stuart Symington. Said New Hampshire Republican Styles Bridges: "Very unpleasant information...
Batista is angry as well as sad. Though the army and most of organized labor are still his, he cannot put down the revolt, has managed only to spur it with clumsy counterterrorism. Risking shoot-on-sight orders, Castro partisans are putting the torch to the budding sugar-cane crop on which the Cuban economy depends. The army said it shot four rebels in the cane fields last week. "Criminals!" shouts Batista now. "Communists...
...like the father in his novel, died "in his strength." Unfortunately, he left few works behind him, among them no other novels. His was a unique talent, combining a rare sensitivity to the drama of domestic situations and a just as rare gift for poetic language. It's sad to think that equally fine works might have followed A Death in the Family. The book deserves to be read with the same kind of care he gave to its writing...