Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Take the Sorrow." The President retired, but not to rest. Some time during the next three hours he penned a last note: "To the wrath of my enemies I leave the legacy of my death. I take the sorrow of not having been able to do for the humble all that I desired." Then, in the loneliness of defeat, he carried out his supreme decision. At the sound of the single shot, members of his family rushed into the unlocked room. On the bed lay Getulio Vargas, still holding a revolver in his stiffened hand while the patch of blood...
...Gallant Rebel. Next day from Churchill's own side, Captain Charles Waterhouse rose to speak for the Tory rebels. An ex-Guardsman who is seldom heard on the floor of the House, he was stern and resolved. "We speak in sorrow," he said. "In this piece of paper we have got all that is left of 80 years of British endeavor, thought and forethought." He complained of U.S. pressure: "For many years we have had a little American lamb bleating in Cairo, not helping and if anything hindering in most things. Well...
...Sorrow & Pleasure. A few moments later, Nelli began her toughest assignment, Aïda's great aria from the Nile Scene. Toscanini demanded that she sing a long, difficult phrase in one breath. "I know," he had said earlier, "there is not a soprano today who does it. But you do it." He also insisted on his own interpretation of anguish in the phrase O patria mia, o patria mia. He sang it through himself, beating his chest. Nelli tried it. No, no, said the maestro, and launched into the phrase again, leaning toward her, hugging his own shoulders...
...horse now running that can beat him. He has already matched the record of the great Man o' War?21 races, 20 victories?and he has more big races to run. When he lost the 1953 Kentucky Derby by a head, thousands turned from their TV screens in sorrow, a few in tears. Hundreds of people, old and young, have sent him letters and greeting cards. Little girls have organized fan clubs in his name...
...trade-union work, Narayan observed with sorrow how the Communists bored from within, how they ditched the Socialists when the party line changed. Young zealots reproached him for turning toward religion, away from Marxism. Narayan answered: "I was once a Communist. I have watched the Soviet experiment with anguish. If you want to establish a totalitarian state in the name of Socialism, you might do so. But I will not be a party...