Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members temporarily trapped on the second floor, gesticulated appealingly to the crowd below with cries of "Help!" but it was correctly surmised by the spectators that the victims were beyond all possible assistance. Fortunately no casualties occurred. That the conflagration was conceived in some form of sin or sorrow, was the report of several witnesses...
...younger brother, the present George V. "The last year has been such a terribly sad one for me," wrote the 26-year-old princess. "It almost seems strange that any kind of happiness could come into my life again. But Georgie is such a dear. The great sorrow we shared has made our bond a union that nothing can break...
...carol "the brightest hour must end" and the hunters par excellence, the glory of their age must leave their royal master. Sportsmen sigh, men of fashion are beginning to attend automobile shows and shop girls sob. Everywhere are heard encomiums tinctured with the sorrow of seeing the brilliance of the present fading into the obscurity of the past. Great metropolitan newspapers weep by the column for the glory that once shone on these princely steeds. The world is mourning and grimly faces the dark future...
Dean A. C. Hanford Ph. D. '23, and Lawrence Coolidge '27, assistant dean, expressed to the CRIMSON their sorrow at Mr. Hamlen's loss and their appreciation of his work. Mr. Hanford said: "The resignation of Mr. Joseph Hamlen as general secretary of the Alumni Association is a great loss to Harvard University. He has not only taken an enthusiastic interest in the affairs of the college but has had a thorough understanding of its educational policies and work. For this reason he has been especially helpful in his work among the graduates and also in giving advice to those...
...wait was not long, and in the midst of mourning an insignificant German princess became empress of all the Russias. Her mother-in-law, Marie Feo-dorovna, beloved of the people, was so steeped in sorrow that she paid very little attention to Alexandra; but the various grand duchesses took pains to make her difficult position yet more difficult with their resentful jealousies. Bashful, awkward, guileless, Alix, now Alexandra Feo-dorovna, disdained the gentle art of flummery, and was only took frank in her disapproval of Russian frivolity...