Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With more sorrow than surprise, the undergraduate found in his mailbox Sunday an announcement of a 30 percent jump in room rents. The increase was far from unexpected. Although expenses at Harvard had risen much less than elsewhere, it became clear that the administration could not hold the line when other colleges, such as Columbia, were already announcing their second round of rent boosts...
Tears & Fears. Among the tales (most-apocryphal) which encrust his legendary name is one of a trip through the desert with several cars full of Legionnaires. One car turned over, killing two of the men. Soon afterward the party stopped for lunch at a Bedouin encampment. To show proper sorrow, Glubb sat for an hour before a steaming platter of rice and meat without tasting a mouthful, drying great tears on the edge of his khafiyah (shawl headdress). Then he solemnly kissed his hosts on both cheeks and drove away. Out of sight of the Bedouin camp, he opened...
...total. . . Of all these services, 78.6% were under $399.00. . . .Every funeral director will agree that our main problem is not trying to sell $2,500 services (if there is such a thing) but rather to convince grief-stricken families to buy within their means and not allow sorrow or sentiment to influence them in a choice they may later regret...
...sorrow there alone...
Despite the $43,000 the U.S. would pay in annual rental, many another Panamanian felt as Alfaro did. When students at the National University and High School heard of the signing, they went on a paro doloroso (strike of sorrow). Next day, primed by pep talks from anti-Yankee professors, they were out for trouble. Armed with sticks, stones and one red flag, they headed for Panama City's Plaza Santa Ana to organize a "popular protest," and hoped to get the National Assembly to hold up the agreement. Halfway down the Avenida Central, police met them with tear...