Word: bereft
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...when he disappeared to Spain, as he often did, he went by ship. In 1964 he arrived at the G.O.P. Convention in San Francisco by train without his beloved wife Kit. "We don't feel good traveling on the same train together," he said. Recently, childless and bereft of Kit, he found life less worth living. To paraphrase the poet, "She first deceased ... he for a little tried/ To live without her ... liked it not and died...
...That's a scold that many in Gore's audience, 20 days after the election, are apt to take personally. Monday night, Gore got in at 8:55 and out in time for Americans' precious 9 o'clock shows. But the import of his address - an address suspiciously bereft of comforting spin nuggets like "days not weeks" - was one that he'll have to fight this week and longer to support...
...Lynch) proceeded with mutual trust and respect. His siblings also turned to one another for solace. "There is a sense that we are orphaned, but we are not alone," he says. "My brothers and sisters are the only people in the world who know how it feels to be bereft of these parents...
Margaret Weigel said the companies around Kendall Square leave the area bereft of resources for its residents...
...been red in the face since allegations surfaced that he'd tried to sway federal regulators in favor of a cable company that contributed to his campaign. The irony in all this is that the Democratic race - which had been billed as a party-defining ideological war - has been bereft of much drama. While Keyes, Bauer, Hatch and Forbes have kept Bush and McCain accountable to the right, Bill Bradley and Al Gore have been almost indistinguishable on most subjects. The relief will no doubt be palpable when the primaries are over and the candidates can bite into an opponent...