Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...roamed the Canadian North in search of his fortune and always narrowly missed it; of a heart attack; in Scarborough, Ont. On his way to register a claim to gold he discovered in northern Ontario in 1907, "Sourdough" was sidetracked by tales of a silver strike, learned to his sorrow that he had passed up a $500 million gold mine. After years of scouring Labrador (which has remembered him in the names of rivers, lakes and streets), he struck iron ore, but the depression prevented him from mining it and the Canadian Government reaped the harvest...
...serious side, Gibson's version of "Wayfaring Stranger" stood out. His general treatment of songs meant to convey bitterness, hardship, or sorrow, however, seemed to lack personal feeling and sensitivity, and he would do well to leave them to a master like Josh White...
...genuine sorrow over the loss of Mr. Dulles and the general recognition of the wonderful job done by him for his country is a striking contrast to the sorry spectacle of some people in public life who continually sniped at him and made his work harder...
WASHINGTON--President Eisenhower issued yesterday a statement of sorrow calling Dulles a lifetime laborer for world peace, a foe to tyranny, "one of the truly great men of out time...
...musical interpretation of Steichen's pictorial essay begins and ends with a recitation of the theme: "All man is but one man." With a rapid-moving and never-tiring tempo, the show moves through the various phases of man's life: work and praise, sorrow, prayer, complaint, and love. Between each number the theatre is blackened and the performers take their positions for the next of the songs--some interpreted as still pictures, others with lively action. In the "complaint category," for example, "Talking Union" and "Union Maid" are done with audience participation, including community singing on the chorus...