Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...parting was sweet sorrow, for to each man the paymaster handed severance money that averaged 10,000 bolivianos ($250). At the prevailing 50? a day, that was almost a year and a half's pay, a lump sum greater than most Indians had ever seen. There would be drinking and feasting in the company's bars before they went back to work...
Such Sweet Sorrow...
...works . . . also bears a visible Moloch-like stamp. . . . Cities smoking and in flames, slaughtered victims, raped women, even children hurled under horses' hooves or cringing under the dagger of delirious mothers-all his work, I say, resembles a terrible hymn composed in honor of doom and irremediable sorrow...
Last week, in a sentimental editorial, the Times bade its swallowed rival farewell: "There was no feeling of exultation . . . rather the feeling was one of sorrow for the loss of a companion in the ranks of public service." But the Times's Publisher Elmer E. Todd, 74, minced no words: "There just isn't enough room for two afternoon papers in a city the size [pop. 475>332] of Seattle...
...legality and liberty. Only once did he hint of his hatred for Perón and Perón's Government. During a round of goodbyes, a Peruvian student spoke of the disappearance of academic freedom from Perón-dominated universities. "I am tempted to unburden my sorrow over the situation," replied Palacios, tears brimming his eyes, "but I have promised to deal with my Government only at home...