Word: mournfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...covered and miserable. But I lament the destruction of this backwater capital. For beneath the grime and mud were sharp colors and tantalizing smells. I lament the loss of the shopkeepers who manned the stalls of the bazaars and the women shrouded in mystery who frequented them. I mourn for the children, now maimed or dead, who will never see the wonders of this once vibrant city. PHILIP E. SMITH Lancaster, Pennsylvania
...long over and we now find ourselves in tank tops, bathing suits, and of course the indispensable Birkenstocks or Tevas, depending on your affiliation of choice. While the change of climate is met with relief and enthusiasm following the infamous snow storms of this year's winter, we nevertheless mourn the passing of the winter solace. Stripped of our countless layers, the perfect concealer, the nobody-can-see-through-this-baby garb, we are forced to face our exposure and realize that the months of scrutinizing our physical appearance are upon us once again. The winter cover-up has been...
DIED. RENE CLEMENT, 82, film director; in southern France. Clement's fascination with World War II informed works as diverse as Forbidden Games (1951), the Oscar-winning portrait of an orphan who learns to mourn her parents by burying her pets, and Is Paris Burning? (1966), an epic of the closing days of the Nazi occupation...
...difficult to even think about celebrating deliverance in light of yesterday's events. At a time when so much blood has been spilled, when many Jewish lives are in danger, such salvation seems very far away. How is it possible to mourn on one day and be joyful on the next...
...gesture of defiance. To those who seek our destruction, and to those who have sought it in generations past, we declare that acts of terror cannot shatter our hopes for a better future. The purpose of the bombings was to plunge us into confusion and hopeless despair. We must mourn and recognize the tragedy in all of its enormity, but we must also carry...