Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close of the war, William returned to England, where he lived on a pension from the Crown. Randall ends his sad, striking account by noting that father and son had only one more tepid meeting, in 1785, although Benjamin lived five years more. The collision, Randall theorizes, was not merely temperamental but genetic. Philosophically, Benjamin the pragmatist and William the stiff-necked legalist could never meet on common ground. More important, both men shared "the single-minded Franklin drive to prevail no matter what the cost." The cost was prohibitive. Perhaps it is just as well that Benjamin...
Bobby Giaquinto's wife is "a soft, pale girl who bruised easily and feared penetration." As compensation, he brings a succession of sad, passionless women to his office, and there on the couch Bobby proceeds to make sad, passionless love. Between affairs, the magazine writer cranks out puff pieces about celebrities. He hates his life, his frustrating marriage, the hack work that gets him through...
...sad thing about the Max Beckmann retrospective that began its travels in Munich a year ago is that it will have been seen in only two U.S. cities --first St. Louis, and now (through Feb. 3) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York City turned it down flat, apparently because the Museum of Modern Art held a big Beckmann show 20 years ago. But since one of the main facts of contemporary art is the resurgence of figurative expressionism, it seems ridiculous that the East should not see what, despite some trimming, amounts to the definitive exhibition...
...seems that Carril becomes very sad when the contemplates the prospects of his 4-7 Tigers, who open their Ivy League season against Harvard (8-1 overall, 1-1 Ivy) tonight at Princeton's Jadwin-Gym (WHRB...
...requires a person who can symbolize' the highest standards of honor, integrity, and freedom from favoritism or other self-interest in the performance of public office." Ed Meese is no such person, and the fact that those who point this out are subjected to criticism as partisans is a sad indicator of the declining standards to which our public officials are increasingly held...