Word: sad
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Whether they are entering a college like Harvard or diving straight into a job, teenagers’ high-school graduations are among the proudest days of their lives. Unfortunately, too many Massachusetts students drop out of high school before reaching this milestone—a sad effect of the state’s policy to mandate education only until age 16. At least 15 states, however, have adopted a minimum dropout age of 18, netting diplomas for a vastly larger population. Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 recently proposed such an increase here, and we join...
...thousands, including myself, chomping at the bit for the film’s release. As a fan of Miller’s “Sin City,” I entered the theater with lofty expectations for high-caliber action and visceral visuals. It is my sad duty to report that what could have been an achievement of epic proportions winds up as a Greek tragedy. Loosely based on the historical battle of Thermopylae, “300” starts with an intriguing premise: A paltry band of Spartan soldiers take on the biggest army the world...
...arrived at Harvard with my thick Southern accent still intact, wearing a Harvard Dems baseball jersey I bought my pre-frosh weekend. I was gung-ho about John Kerry and I campaigned every weekend for him. November 3 was a sad morning-after...
There are Students for Hillary. Students for Obama. Students for Edwards, even Students for Dodd (whoever the Hell that is). At one point there were even a few sad-sacks who actually thought Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa was a legitimate heir to the presidential throne...
...prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, said that it was "actually sad that we had a situation that a high-level official obstructed justice and lied under oath. We wish that it had not happened, but it did. We are gratified by the jury's verdict...