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...Machines Mourn the Passing of People,” for instance, a poem that inevitably calls to memory (and was perhaps inspired by) that staple of high school English curricula, Ray Bradbury’s short story “There will come Soft Rains,” Stallings assumes the voices of machines that have outlived their human masters to reflect on some of humanity’s quirks from the perspective of an outsider...
...must be ashamed of every act of violence and mourn every child as if they were our own. I pray for the safety of all those in the region and hope that we may someday use our unique human assets of language and empathy rather than military technology or propaganda to resolve this conflict...
...Band's The Weight, which drags like a lead trailer. 2) Dance contentedly to her shorter originals, like Show Me a Love. 3) Listen to the traditional jazz number Darkness on the Delta and the blues classic You Gotta Move, and find yourself transported by her low, earthy voice. Mourn that she so often wastes it on distractingly pretentious material (see Step 1). --By Benjamin Nugent
...outraged by, and mourn, the brutal murder of Danny Pearl as much as anyone who did not know him personally. His death was unprovoked and senseless, and cannot but prove exceptionally counterproductive to the perverse aims of his abductors. Yet I mourn also for my country, Pakistan. This nation of 140 million, as much as Pearl himself, is being held hostage by fringe elements from within who, with their acts of barbarity, present an image of Pakistan quite at odds with the country I know and love...
...mourn for Pearl, think also of Pakistan. For it is the victim that can still be saved. It is a country whose heart is willing, yet whose limbs fail. It is an old friend turning to America in its darkest hour. A strong helping hand, and a whole lot of understanding, is all it seeks...