Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bonnie Dobson, 21, sounds nearer to Baez than any of the other new folk-girls, although her voice and delivery are lighter and the impact of her performances is different: for Joan's tragic, gypsy quality, Bonnie substitutes a fresh, willowy charm that never deserts her in even the darkest laments. She mixes American and French-Canadian songs, and she has a more antic taste than most of her contemporaries: On the wedding night, When he came to bed with me, He bit me on my shoulder And nearly broke my knee...
That was not wholly tragic; some of the cast proved adequate and none inspired. Donald Somers, who was sympathetic enough as Griggs, mumbled the important speech quoted above, and, trying to play a quiet man, turned him into a weak one. As Nick Denery, Herbert Nelson was loud and disruptive but he seemed to lack the attractiveness that real scoundrels have. Playing Ned Crossman, a regular summer guest who has passed the point of returning to his love for Constance, Leon Shaw showed off too much strength, savvy and health...
Finally, I am aware that all these figures relate to only one dimension, that of measured academic performance. Nothing has been said about whether these students--sunmma or not--have had the kind of education we wish to offer, or whether they are "tragic cases" for reasons not reflected in this somewhat pedestrian review of their grade record...
...Tragic Blunder. Many papers and columnists shared the Wall Street Journal's incredulous despair. "A warning to all Americans," editorialized the 86-year-old Nashville Banner, "that the day of Free Enterprise is drawing to a close. Khrushchev could be right when he said: 'Your grandchildren will live under Socialism...
...saddest result of the cold war that scientific impartiality might be considered vaguely unpatriotic. But it would be tragic if such suspicions obstructed those efforts which could regear the Geneva negotiations toward areas of possible agreement. President Kennedy should, before ordering the resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests, propose a list of reputable and responsible American scientists willing to implement an inspection scheme. Such an initiative would publicly weaken the contention that there are "no neutral men," and at the same time, undercut the recurrent fear that inspection scheme. Such an initiative would publicly weaken the contention that there...