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It also marks a remarkable revival, on records, of Kurt Weill's other music�the legacy of a strange, half-angry, half-sentimental genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

With this half-angry, half-frightened shout to "go away," the Aborigines greeted the first fleet of British ships that ferried white convicts to colonize Australia in January 1788.

From Time Magazine Archive

All over the U.S. the people said the same things to each other: simple words of half-angry disbelief, of loss, of sorrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

He turned from the window, frowning, an odd, half-angry expression on his face.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

"There sit my deputies with all their wisdom," began Dernburg, finally, in a half-mocking, half-angry tone.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)