Word: sad
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...summarizing the civil conflict in Sri Lanka [April 16]. Although I have spent virtually my whole life in the U.S., I am of Sri Lankan-Tamil origin and have long been dismayed by the American stereotype of Tamil Tigers as terrorists as well as other misunderstandings. There are extremely sad events occurring on both sides of the war, and I thank you for bringing this to light. It's about time. I have been to the north of Sri Lanka and have seen the immense suffering of many Tamil people. Thanks for writing the truth. Shoumi Jeyarajah, Friedrichshafen, Germany...
...very light breeze and some uncharacteristically calm conditions.“We didn’t get off as many races as we would have liked to, because the race committee was kind of slow,” Kim said. “I think that we were sad because that was our last regatta of the season and we didn’t perform our best.”—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
...Beautiful and achingly sad, the tolling bell and the disappearing balloons and the mass silence marked one week since the murder of 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech. For eight long minutes the ceremony continued, each balloon finally evaporating in the bleached margin between sun and sky. Finally, flights of orange and crimson balloons swirled up and away and dwindled to pinpoints...
...Claire, ex-GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a career anti-DH National Leaguer, admits that "on the plus side of the ledger, the DH lets guys that have been great players continue to have a role. That's good for the game." And these guys aren't sad, creaky sluggers desperate to hang on. Sosa tore up spring training, Thomas hit 39 homers in '06, and Piazza belted 22 dingers while catching with the Padres last year - and already has a game-winning shot as a DH with Oakland...
...history. Early favorite “New Slang” featured a series of shots of the band standing around lakes and amusement parks. But then The Shins moved on to a number of serious, high-concept tropes, including Communist penguins (“So Says I”), sad origami cows (“Pink Bullets”), and most recently, a grade-school play in which children perform gory historical scenes (“Phantom Limb”). The Shins must have figured they couldn’t make things any more bizarre, because with the video...