Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Privately, Nixon expressed sorrow for the "personal tragedies" of the people involved in Watergate-who, as one high Administration official put it, were "decent, highly principled men motivated by a misguided sense of loyalty" -but there was no sign that he considered the affair especially troublesome. At a black-tie dinner for Emperor Haile Selassie, a laughing, joking Nixon confided to his dinner companion, Mrs. Rogers Morton, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, that he believed history would regard Watergate as inconsequential in comparison with his accomplishments in foreign policy. Late in the week he flew to Norfolk...
Bruch: Two Violin Concertos (Yehudi Menuhin, soloist, plays Concerto No. 1 in G Minor and No. 2 in D Minor, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult conducting, Angel; $5.98). The G Minor Violin Concerto was an instant success, but to Max Bruch's sorrow his second violin concerto won only initial acclaim that soon faded. While the world applauded the G Minor, the neglected D Minor remained Bruch's favorite. Now Yehudi Menuhin has recorded the pair in a performance of such luscious tone and melodic charm that even Bruch's duckling is at last a swan...
...legendary period for movies: The Conformist, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Five Easy Pieces, Murmur of the Heart, The Wild Bunch, The Godfather, The Sorrow and the Pity. The list supports the idea that America is no longer divided into two publics, the demanding and the undiscerning. Thanks in part to movies, the line between high and popular art has faded into a blur...
...interesting, it's because of Marlon Brando. He is good enough to make us feel emotions we really don't believe. As a 45-year-old man whose wife has committed bloody suicide (for reasons which are not at all explained), he is wrenching as he is torn between sorrow and bitterness, bawling at her corpse and berating her memory. As an experienced middle-aged stallion, he is amusing off-hand with either margarine or masochism, and as a man who had inherited a flophouse (which is also the residence of his dead wife's lover), he covers the broad...
...sorrow, or dignity, or just death...