Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courtroom, Mrs. Deaver had put an arm around her daughter as the verdict was announced. Deaver sat down after the foreman finished, turned to his family and gave them a sad smile...
...What's sad is that Hart is a bright guy who could make worthy contributions to American political life. And it will be fun watching Hart play insurgent, so long as he doesn't bring any mortal embarassment to his party. If he comes through on his pledge to run a no-frills campaign and succeeds in shaking up what is now a stultifying and uninspiring nominating process, more power to him. And to everyone...
...sad, lamentable truth is that while at Harvard I have learned nothing except a seemingly useless and unconnected series of facts that can be best described as trivia. And, despite the fact that someday you, too, will have a Harvard diploma, the truth is the same in your case...
...When I first started doing it, it was so sad," she says. "I thought, 'Oh my God, it's so awful.' But you get kind of used to it." Amy admits that "being a policeman...or maybe a detective" would be a much harder job. And like a policeman (or maybe a detective), the key to emotional survival is professionalism. "I hate to say it, but you try not to think about people's lives and things...
ANOTHER very natural human activity is going to the bathroom. Unhappily, ours is a culture which encourages people to shut the door when they defecate, as though it were an unspeakable act. How sad. Until all people--Black, white, gay, straight, fat or thin--realize that they all shit alike, as co-equal members of the human race, how can we truly be free...