Word: sadnesses
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...sad and tragic. every European acquaintance I asked about the Iraq invasion, including a German air-force general, said it would only make things worse. It was that simple. I'm surprised that Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell and others didn't have that insight. I am afraid the fear of being labeled un-American and soft on terrorism was enough to quiet the voices of many in Washington who knew better. Jim Buckley Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany...
...terms of quality, all the pictures in "The Best Photos of the Year" were excellent. But it was disturbing that only eight of the 28 photos depicted happy subjects. Was 2006 so sad? Couldn't your outstanding photographers have found a few more uplifting photos? Fahmi Bishay Rome
...CRAVE HUMAN CONTACT" from Jan. 2 and a lengthier post on New Year’s Day ("as one chapter of loneliness closes, another vast empty year begins.... sad self-pitying existence") have both risen to the top of boredatlamont’s "week’s best" list. Other confessions—such as "I’m so depressed…I’m useless" from Jan 3rd—are dishearteningly frequent...
...such a dilemma is complicated. Maybe a B@L social in Lamont Library Café or a BGLTSA-sponsored speed-dating event would fulfill posters’ wants—after all, as one wrote, "The funny thing is that I’ll probably see all you sad fuckers at dinner time and have no idea...
...deep fragmentation. It is becoming increasingly clear that Iraq’s internecine violence runs so deep in the cultural and ethnic fabric of the country that it is naïve to think that the United States will be able to prevail by military force alone. The sad truth is that there is no such thing as a united Iraqi people, nor does it appear that there can be a truly representative Iraqi unity government in the near future. If large portions of the Iraqi people cannot even hold back sectarian angst to carry out a proper execution...