Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with sorrow for the passing of a cherished tradition, then, that Chicagoans read last July of the castle's sale to one Vincent Bendix, head of the Bendix Co., for $3,000,000. Mr. Bendix, they hoped, would neither dilapidate it nor try to carry the Palmer torch. Characteristic was the stipulation postponing his occupancy until the end of November, in order that, last Saturday, Granddaughter Bertha Palmer's presentation to society might be staged in its hallowed halls...
...Viola, Violoncello; Dec. 7, Flute and Clarinet; Dec. 21, Oboe, English Horn and Bassoon; Jan. 11, Horn and Trumpet; Jan. 25, Trombone and Tuba; Feb. 8; Kettledrums and Cymbals; March 8, Percussion; March 22, Nature in Music; April 12, Animals in Music; April 26, Fun in Music; May 10, Sorrow and Happiness...
When Governor Benjamin Strong of New York's Federal Reserve Bank died of an intestinal abscess (diverticulosis; last week, there were many expressions of sorrow. Reliant, well-liked & resourceful internationalist, he had supported heavy responsibilities, weighty matters of finance on his ailing shoulders. Governor for 14 years, for 12 years his steps were dogged with illness. World War loans, rehabilitation problems, international finances hastened his breakdown...
...just sixteen years old, that spring. . . ." Theresa was soon seduced ; then she left the country and went to be a governess in Vienna. Before long she had a bastard by a rascal called Kasimir Tobisch; when the child was born she wished to kill him in her agony and sorrow. Instead, she sent him to live with some country people and went on being a governess. Lovers came to her again and she accepted them: Albert, who had loved her long ago; Richard, who thought that she was "too good for him," slept with her friend and committed suicide...
...something far more important than provide entertainment. Sometimes it stretches taut the bare thread of its narrative, and like An American Tragedy it has moments which are so true that they are tragic. In these moments the disorderly processional of those who are born in pain to death in sorrow comes abruptly to have a frightening and enormous significance...