Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Then, Mr. President, should people assume a more tragic conclusion-that something else has happened to them...
...right. Those who find him inhibiting are also right, for Rodin was a man of 19th century amplitude and not 20th century doubt. What sculptor, today, could one expect to possess such reserves of feeling, such an indifference to the errors of his own fecundity, or so unrestrained a tragic sense? To compare him with Michelangelo is not, in the end, impertinent, for Rodin was one of the last artists to live and work in the belief that making sculpture-despite the potboilers and failures in his output-was a moral act, that it could express one's whole...
...opera is based on the novel Niels Lyhne by the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen and concerns Niels' love for two women, Fennimore and Gerda. Most of it is devoted to his tragic affair with Fennimore; some months after finishing the rest, Delius added the two Gerda scenes, which provide a happy ending...
...journalists- and a special prominence in the pages of TIME. As a result Isreal and its role in the Middle East have been the subjects of 35 TIME area cover stories, more then any other country or geographical area except the Soviet Union. Certainly the most enduring and tragic feature of Israel's troubled history has been its near constant fear of war. In 1967, when Isreal fought Arab armies, TIME covered its stunning victory. Six years later, in the October War, TIME reported on the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria and Isreal's resounding comeback. Time...
...have seen the tragic consequences of improper formula mixing. I am outraged that the Administration has allowed the interests of the manufacturers to prevail and has refused to support the proposed restrictions on the advertising and marketing of formula...