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...beat poet, Charles Bukowski once said, “People are not good to each other, perhaps if they were, our deaths would not be so sad.” Cho Seung-Hui, the gunman who on Monday shot and killed 32 of his Virginia Tech classmates before killing himself, was not good to others. Perhaps others were not good to him to begin with. Somehow, none of that seems to matter...
...crowd sat. Very distraught relatives of the dead were brought to random open seats around the auditorium. They were not fancy people. Some were in jeans, some in sunglasses; the kids carried backpacks. Most of the grieving families consisted of multiple generations: parents, siblings and grandparents. One very sad couple, fighting back tears, arrived alone and was shown to their seats. There was the uniform clatter of seats as Bush came in and the crowd stood up again. Everyone watched as the colors were posted by the dais...
Once the life-or-death needs of orphans suffering from AIDS or malnutrition have been met, the WWO tends to their emotional and social needs. "One of the things that's so sad for kids within an orphanage is that there's no touching," says Aronson. "Without touching, you don't feel like your body exists. You don't have a sense of your physical abilities. Massage is one of the most important parts of physical and occupational therapy. Massaging creams and oils replenish the skin, the muscles and the soul. It couldn't be a better marriage...
...Seeing him struggle with the disabilities of cancer [and] get through all the surgeries—it’s been hard, it’s been sad, and it’s been inspiring,” she said...
It’s a bit sad to see the radio go—countless memorable historical moments were conveyed via the little box with the silver antenna—and it will surely have a place with other nostalgic mediums of yesteryear, alongside the VHS, cassette tape, and the also-dying low-definition television...