Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...married to a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, but neither his marriage nor his distinguished Royal Navy record was enough to save him. Hounded by the press and vilified by the public, he lasted only two months after the outbreak of the war before he penned a short and sad note to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, offering to resign in the interests "of the great Service to which I have devoted my life." "In all the circumstances," replied Churchill, "you are right in your decision...
Some chemical companies (Monsanto, Vick Chemical, Freeport Sulphur) also reported moderately lower earnings for the quarter as a result of the steel strike, but all ended 1959 well ahead of 1958. Almost all railroads, whose generally sad financial plight was worsened by the steel strike's effect on business, saw fourth quarter earnings fall. But there were signs that the slump in oil may be over. Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) lifted its profit 11% for the year, made a slight gain in the fourth quarter; fourth-quarter gains were also chalked up by Phillips Petroleum and Standard...
...them do not) and squat in a corner of Widener deciphering Ogam Stones. One can only hope, for their sake and the University's, that what most of them produce is "worth" the upkeep of their studies and the amount of departmental stationery they consume. It is still very sad that these dull old men, the scholars, are not attracted in any way to the undergraduates. (It is sad if only because it implies tha undergraduates may just be dull young...
Washington, like most of the world, watched the sad-sack circus with incredulity, but in the end decided that the national dignity called for action. Secretary of State Christian Herter called Ambassador Bonsai back to the U.S., apparently to stay as long as he cannot live in Havana without insults. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was "deeply worried" over Cuba's course, conferred with President Eisenhower on worst-ever U.S.-Cuban relations. The Administration asked for a new law giving the White House authority to change quotas on the high-priced U.S. sugar market...
Arthur L. Kopit '59, author of the play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Felling So Sad, flies by jet from Paris to the United States today and will arrive in Cambridge by Thursday, in time to see the reopening of his play...