Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...asking too much of civilians to give up a little of their comfort so that some one else might win security for them? The President speaks of more & more sacrifices. Sacrifices-hell! Is it a sacrifice to defend one's self against impending disaster? What a ludicrous and tragic situation that soldiers must beg, actually beg, for arms to defend people who, by their very actions, don't seem to give a damn. The fine American institution of the Sunday motor trip is far more important than a boatload of supplies to the tankmen and aviators in Egypt...
...maintenance of this tradition is a spiritual necessity. But also he is bound by the need to live the life of a wide-awake modern man. Spender tries hard to reconcile these two modes of life. His failure is an enervating spectacle and also, in a small way, a tragic...
...World War I that the lamps were going out all over Europe. Many genuinely feared that Europe would next be illumined by the fires of Hitler's rage. But a great number of the citizens of the Democracies, nervous though they were, felt a great deal less tragic than Edward Grey had sounded. They were able to bolster themselves with a variety of illusions...
...tragic to see a vast movement like contemporary architecture gaining in strength and beauty, and becoming an absolute part of our lives, while the entire commercial furniture industry, which should have been a part of this development, has completely failed to grasp the significance of it. Standardization of design has already given you the most beautiful bathrooms and kitchens the world has ever seen. It has given you the best automobiles, the best planes and . . . the best-dressed women in the world. And now standardization is going to do the same thing for your entire house, and make your life...
...Tragic fact is that the rising death rate from diabetes is by no means inevitable and is needlessly high. Many sufferers can forestall a diabetic death by following a diet prescribed by a physician. It is significant that diabetic doctors die of the disease only one-fourth as often as diabetic laymen...