Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Giddons," probably because it's impossible to play essentially the same role in a dozen movies without some decline of conviction and zest. The supporting parts are superbly rendered, many by members of the original Broadway company. Herbert Marshall is, for once, not miscast, and performs admirably as the tragic dying husband and prey of "Regina" and her brother-vultures...
Stocky Don McNicol returned to practice for the first time in over a week yesterday, and his hard running and accurate passing were the bright spots of mediocre practice. In the week before the tragic death of his mother, Don had seen only a little action, and it was feared that a layoff of almost two weeks would make itself felt. Any such fears were dispelled by yesterday's performance, however...
...tragic, thought the General, that the Administration did not agree with this view. But he was sure that most of his fellow countrymen, certainly most realistic hardheaded businessmen in isolationist Chicago, did agree. The General thought something ought to be done about...
Other than the tragic death of six Red Cross nurses early last summer, who lost their lives during a German submarine attack, the American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital, officially established in August 1940, has quietly forged ahead with its plans and expects to open its doors for the first time at Salisbury, England, within the next fortnight...
...were particularly reminded of this tragic situation by the remark of a friend made recently to the effect that a certain idea "was spreading all over the campus." To our remonstrances he replied that he was not referring to the Yard (which in September is full of Freshmen, not ideas), but to the House system...