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...entire lives without any sense of deprivation, and they often see this disease as belonging to my generation, not theirs." These older men, even when healthy, are surrounded by dying friends and mournful memories. Their juniors have lived through fewer funerals and resent the disease politically more than they lament it emotionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gays and AIDS: An Identity Forged in Flames | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

...write to praise my Holworthy tree, not to lament its passing...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: A Friend Gone To (S)lumber | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...melody in three long, seamless slow movements. Here it is, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by HENRYK GORECKI, newly released on Elektra Nonesuch, with David Zinman conducting soprano Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta. The tenebrous string texture is punctuated by Upshaw's ethereally intoning a 15th century Polish lament and, later, a mother's dirge for her murdered son, whose words were inscribed in 1944 on the wall of a Gestapo prison. The result is chilling, moving, unique. With the collapse of communism, Poland's reclusive Gorecki, 59, is just now finding his way into the international spotlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jun. 29, 1992 | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

...that they are seniors, several students have decided to stick with community work, unswayed by the lure of six-figure Wall Street salaries. They say they lament the lack of funds available for public service, but are pursuing their calling nonetheless...

Author: By Rajath Shourie, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors to Pursue Public Service Jobs | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...Lucy's children, however, McDermott offers a life-affirming lesson that promises to puncture the family's despair. As May's wedding day ends and her death approaches, a relative begins a drunken lament of the family's woes. Suddenly a young cousin huffs, "Who cares? Who really cares?" With that brushstroke, McDermott points the way toward a brighter future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing On Graves | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

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