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Word: sorrowful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early scenes are loaded with lines which introduce the facts about Don Juan abruptly and in a back-handed way. His supernatural mother slips in, amidst great comforting of his unhappiness, "No man can harm you because you're the son of an angel, but you could end your sorrow yourself." There is no indication of time lapse between scenes, which is confusing. And Gloria exists twice in the last couple of pages without ever re-entering...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: The Advocate | 1/23/1957 | See Source »

Since the sorrow-filled day in 1918 when he learned that his elder brother had been killed in France with the A.E.F., Massachusetts' Christian Archibald Herter has held steadfast to a dream: to achieve a position in which he could work effectively for peace. Last week Herter's dream was fulfilled. He was named Under Secretary of State succeeding Herbert Hoover Jr., whose resignation, effective next February, was accepted by President Eisenhower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Dream Fulfilled | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...face is as striking as his all white costume. As the girl's husband, struggling to find meaning or justice in a frustrating world, David Lange is rather eloquent. David Cupp's rigid expressions are just right for the Spanish nobleman father, and Phyllis Ferguson, as the mother, conveys sorrow and resentment in a visually excellent manner. Lee Jeffries, as a witch-like partial leader of the chorus and voice of conscience, grinds out her evil incantations with great effect, even if she at first juggles a few too many accents on her tongue. Louise Bell, as the vision...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Emperor Jones and Purification | 12/7/1956 | See Source »

Cold Wet Sprays. Lowney's only sorrow was that in the five years since the colony was founded, it had produced no published book to follow Jones's Eternity. Last week Lowney could boast of a second, with the publication of Never the Same Again by Gerald Tesch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Housemother Knows Best | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...replace the responsibilities of a family with art. Rather she accepted her role, using and exploring it for the enrichment of her art. The bisexuality that she felt to be in every artist is reflected in her work by her manly style and womanly sensitivity. The brotherhood of man, sorrow over death, the cruelty of war, care of the sick--these great humanitarian sentiments were the themes of her work. She wasn't mawkish: her work is grim and reminiscent of Goya's Disaster of War. The grimness is lifted only now and then by a look of suprise...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin, | Title: Kaethe Kollwitz | 11/3/1956 | See Source »

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