Word: wailful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...murderers of some 490 Minnesota men, women and children. Impassively the Indians listened to the prison chaplain, who "tried to infuse them with courage to hold out bravely and show no sign of fear. While Father Ravoux was speaking to them old Tazoo broke out in a death wail in which one after another joined until the prison room was filled with a wild, unearthly plaint which was neither of despair nor grief but rather a paroxysm of savage passion, most impressive to witness and startling to hear. During the lulls in their death-song they would resume their pipes...
Cambridge's "hell horns," which have been silent since last month's blackout, will wail again at an unannounced hour this Sunday afternoon in an experiment to determine warden and public reaction to the air raid sirens...
Some of us are getting sick and tired of the wail from Washington, echoed in TIME, that suggests that we, the people, are unaware of the war. What do you want us to do? You say we are awake. You say we are working. What do you want us to do? Shall we stand ranting in the streets tearing our shirts like any Congressman to convince you that we are serious? Wars are not won by words but by work and sacrifice. We are working. We are willing to sacrifice...
...wail of an air raid siren will echo from the Yard tomorrow for the second time, as the alarm on top of the Widener Library is given its first official test between noon and 1 o'clock...
...between Porgy and Bess contrasts sharply with the brutal savage love scene as Crown, in hiding in the swamps, finds Bess separated from a picnic party and forces her to stay with him for the night. Further tragedy comes as a hurricane strikes suddenly and the women gather to wail and pray for their...