Word: mournful
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...even this individualist ethos frustrates some, who mourn the loss of black solidarity and dream instead of the impact we could have if we united around one plan to improve our community. Still others reject this brand of political activism entirely and contend that the black community should refrain from any political stance, lest we alienate those who differ from the mainstream...
...That sort of piety is, naturally, lost on both sides, for whom the zeroes in a round number like 3,000 are instead perfect little mirrors to reflect their own hot opinions of the war in Iraq. Anti-war activists loudly mourn the senseless loss of life. Passing 3,000 is a prime opportunity to plumb the depths of their own angers about how the war was planned, sold, and executed. Hawks mourn the fact that America has lost its grit. After all, they point out, 3,000 dead is still less than half the annual toll in the worst...
Members of the Adams House community gathered last night to mourn the death of Jamin B. Wilson ’04, a U.S. Air Force first lieutenant who was killed in a car accident Thursday on his way to work at the Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany...
...collection than a compilation of quirky B-sides. But it includes some of Murakami's best work, such as the haunting "Tony Takitani," about a lonely illustrator who finds love with a young woman, then loses his wife in a car accident a page later. He is left to mourn in the empty room that once housed his wife's vast wardrobe-alone but not untouched in a classic Murakami ending. -By Bryan Walsh...
...because its citizens experienced most directly how the utter lack of such a foundation will rot any modern nation. In that sense, both Latin America's conservatives and victorious leftists should use Pinochet's death as an occasion for a little timely introspection, not just an opportunity to mourn or cheer...