Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sumter and ended with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. For post-war developments they think of Lincoln's assassination, the attempt to impeach Andrew Johnson, the scandal of carpetbag rule in the South. Generally accepted without question is the historian's characterization of Reconstruction as "The Tragic...
...decease, after a long life of rare and complete accomplishment, arouses a sense of tragic sadness in the passing of a still vigorous personality so richly endowed with clarity of mind and warmth of heart...
...almost tragic that the federal government has definitely been denied the right to regulate hours and to set a minimum wage for the whole country. Where there is free trade between the states it is a glaring injustice that certain sections of the country should be allowed to maintain a standard of living worthy of central Europe. While there are few Americans who want the government to go into business or to control the details of business, the sentiment that a uniform standard of living should be federally established is constantly growing in strength...
...Flaherty's novel of the same name, it tells with superb, ironic power the story of Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen) and one night, his last, in the murky slums of Dublin. Implicit in its simple monstrous story is the portrait of a city, a revolution and a tragic human being, outlined against a background, shadowed and malevolent, of violence, murder, despair...
...proceedings that will set Hervey and Nicholas free to marry. Long before this she knows that Nicholas can never make her happy; life has taught her to be a realist, and he is still a dreamer. But her stubborn woman's honesty will not let her deny her tragic love...