Word: sad
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...know. Debbie has to be a shrew, and her marriage with Pete a sad charade, to give Alison one more hurdle to jump: that she'll wonder if living with anyone, let alone Ben, is doomed to failure. But here's a little tip to budding screenwriters. If your refutation to questions of plot irregularity is "Because it's a movie!" - and especially if that card has to be played more than a few times (no friends, no abortion, supporting characters who are caricatures, a website subplot that collapses on closer inspection) - then maybe your script has plausibility problems...
...Desperate for a Way Out "Dreams of Leaving" revealed the sad story behind illegal Chinese immigrants [April 30]. With the help of unscrupulous snakeheads and dazzled by the tales of immediate riches, these people found themselves digging in foreign soil and toiling from sunshine until sunset, believing "fortune only comes from leaving home." While thousands of Fujianese are seeking every means to leave their homeland, more foreign investors are eagerly pouring their resources into this Middle Kingdom. People are seizing the chance to leave and put their lives at risk to send big bucks back home. The lure is great...
...activist said bitterly that he hoped you liked your newfound friends, but it strikes me that you don't have many. Your position seems very sad and lonely. It feels burdensome, of course. And making decisions that will lose you friends, compromise people's perception of your integrity - that's very hard. On the other hand, that is only a part of the reality. First and foremost, I'm a priest and a bishop, and what I have to do is to celebrate sacraments, to pray, to try to convey the reality of God. I don't spend...
After reading "One Day in Iraq," I hope the American people never forget the pain of war [June 4]. What a sad day for the U.S. and the families of these young men. Aureliano De La Torre said, "Now that my son is gone, there is a vacancy in Iraq. Maybe the President would like to send one of his daughters over there to continue to fight in Jesse's place." Let us not forget that Bush himself passed on the chance to fight. After reading the stories of these six men, it seems the vacancies will be hard...
...Even The Economist—not known for populist pandering—has charged that under legacy preference policies, “the students in America’s places of higher education are increasingly becoming an oligarchy.” The magazine continues: “This is sad in itself, but even sadder when you consider the extraordinary role that the same universities—particularly…Harvard—played in promoting meritocracy in the first half of the 20th century.” The legacy “feather,” then...