Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case of "the homeless problem." These were people--and that's all that needs to be said about them. They have probably found another place to stay (hopefully not a shelter, if that's not what they wanted.) But the act was done--and it is overwhelmingly sad...
...Dotrice uses dottiness as an excuse for complete indifference to those around him: at teatime he fills and sips from cup after cup until he is surrounded by soiled china, then passes tea and edibles to each member of his family while every guest sits forlorn. Of the outsiders, sad-faced Charles Kimbrough and crack- voiced Deborah Rush are hilarious as strangers shriveling in discomfort at the effort of making small talk with the loony Blisses and each other...
...toys are warriors. The success of Kenner's cuddly Care Bears has prompted a toymaking rush to stuffed animals. The friskiest new critters in sales are Pound Puppies, a breed of soft, sad-eyed and bewrinkled hounds packaged in kennel-shaped carrying cases. They come in 80 different patterns of brown, tan, gray and white, and are meant to be "adopted," like Cabbage Patch Kids. The youngster who gets one can send to the manufacturer, Tonka, for a dog tag and ownership papers. Minnesota-based Tonka, which is diversifying from its traditional line of sturdy toy trucks, expects to sell...
...Rosenberg and other experts have speculated that the old warrior might have been Rembrandt's older brother Adriaen, a poor shoemaker in Leyden. But if the painting isn't by Rembrandt, then we have no idea who the warrior was, just an old man, tough and brave and sad. The experts are trying to learn more by subjecting the painting to a series of technical tests. These include activating some of its neutrons so that they can be compared with the neutrons in authenticated Rembrandts. The experts are always right, as we know, but one can't help wondering whether...
...transformed them, finally, into a melody of loss, something terrible and sad. The financial failure of her farm and the death of Finch Hatton at about the same time drove her back to Europe. But like the "civilizing" of Africa, personal setbacks symbolized to her a much larger loss, that of romantic idealism in the modern world. Her consolation was that in this defeat, some men like Finch Hatton, some women like herself, were given a last opportunity to display a noble quality she also fancied was fast disappearing: gallantry in the face of crushing odds...