Word: sad
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...astonishing to me how many in China seem incapable of acknowledging the plight of Tibetans. India has dozens of insurgencies, but its democratic politics have largely accommodated such dissent. China thoroughly crushed Tibet, squelched its culture and ultimately forced the country's spiritual leader into a sad exile. As the Olympics draw near, they continue to demonize the Dalai Lama even after he has decried the violence in Lhasa. Despite all the bloodshed, he has been supportive of Beijing hosting the Games. The Chinese point fingers and accuse the outside world of trying to ruin their coming-out party...
...friends don't see the box. I have a lot of friends who were artists with me back in my secondary school days, and they are all doctors, engineers and teachers. A lot of them have become bankers and stuff like that, giving up their dreams. It's quite sad, actually, when I know some of them are quite talented...
...every Harvard student had graduated having taken only one course on literature and aesthetics, I would be extremely sad,” she said. “In a way, this is a regression from the Core...
...negotiated resolution of conflicts - Malley would not have been doing his job if he hadn't met with Hamas. And given Obama's oft-stated position that we should be talking to all parties in the region, the Illinois Senator's position on Hamas can only be considered a sad abandonment of principles. And McCain's predilection for bluster marks him as a leader potentially less flexible than even Bush...
...sad sight of this beautiful animal collapsing after her courageous effort, her life ended by two shattered front ankles, called up memories of Barbaro, that brilliant colt ruined by a broken leg at the Preakness two years ago. Inevitably, people asked if some moral rot has crept into the sport of kings, wherein immature horses are urged to overextend themselves on legs that snap like icicles...