Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good football team becomes great only by playing opponents which force it to exploit all its resources. Cornell's schedule shows no very tough games, except perhaps against Pennsylvania, now that both Army and Navy are off the list, which leaves the team in the tragic position of being merely very good instead of great...
...tragic story and a gay fantasy will be the double feature at New Lecture Hall tonight when the Student Council presents football movies of Saturday's Columbia game and last year's Yale match...
...More tragic was the reaction of 73-year-old Dr. Alberto F. Jordan, presiding judge of the Buenos Aires civil high court. When a Senate telegram told him that he had not been confirmed, the old man went into his study, pulled out a revolver and shot himself. The Peronista press ignored his death. Even Buenos Aires' once-great and independent La, Prensa played it pianissimo. In an obituary praising Jordan's 40 years on the bench, La Prensa reported he had died "unexpectedly...
From that point on to its tragic end, most of Call It Treason is Happy's story. His plane had been spotted, and he found himself in a world where everybody seemed to be talking about spies. He had moments of luck (trucks that picked him up at just the right moment); he also suffered from blunders-his own and those of the men who had trained him. American phrases had crept into his speech, and his conversation had grown self-conscious and artificial. But he was principally separated from the people around him because he no longer shared...
...Brahms: Tragic Overture (Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 4 sides). The competition is tough (Beecham, Toscanini), but this performance stands with the best of them. Recording: good...