Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the marriage of the Tsaritsa's son to a German princess and his ascension as Nicholas II, the life of Maria Feodorovna entered its final and increasingly tragic stage. In vain she strove to prevent the Last of the Tsars, her son, from becoming the dupe of Rasputin and his other degenerate councilors. Once she said to him, "Come
...made a bargain for his soul. First he sent his devil carrying presents to her, then he seduced her and finally killed her brother who attempted, idiotically enough, to defend his sister's honor. Faust dared to return later to Margaret, but, infected with diabolical and tragic cowardice, he did not dare to stay...
...establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point was the result of numerous considerations, mainly strategic and topographical. The sudden volte-face here of the Hudson was seized upon by Revolutionary military leaders as the logical place to hinder hostile passage of the river; and the long, tragic interlude of Arnold and Andre, with the failure of the British campaign treacherously supported by them, is interwoven with the importance of this region in the war. The close of the Revolution brought recommendations for the continuance of an army training post here; a Military Academy had been suggested...
...indeed seems that an obscure band called "Paul Whitman Orch," have made something very marvelous and quite terrific. Two twelve inch records carry the four parts of METROPOLIS. Some details: By Ferdie Grof and Rube Bloom. Composers at the pianos. Cynical-blue-tragic-droll. Part three most interesting. Vocal work like unto nothing I have ever before heard in all my life...
...tragic factor is that Sir Austen has surrendered the independence of British diplomacy by tying us up with France. The history of 1906 to 1914 is being re written. It is not good for France or Eng land to re-establish any sort of alliance. It would be better to stand shoulder to shoulder, openly, with all the nations of Europe...