Word: sorrowful
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Your Images [Dec. 26] said more than words ever could and expressed feelings of pride and sorrow...
...week's end Americans were left with a sense of military vulnerability and of military efficiency; sorrow, anxiety and problems. They were also left with an unnerving sense of distance from their Government. One might not mind taking responsibility for one's nation's actions, if they could be understood more readily or completely, but as yet that was not to be. This much was certain: summer was over, and the nation was on alert. In the near future, inevitably, would come charges, investigations, recriminations and a serious examination of national tendencies and intentions. For the moment...
Meredith expressed no low-down country sorrow, however, for quarterbacks. "The higher you climb the flagpole," he said, "the more people see your rear end." Now, that is Texas...
sympathy. Said he: "Today should only be a day of mourning for those wonderful young Americans who have lost their lives serving our country in the cause of peace." Messages of condolence were arriving from around the world. In London, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expressed her sorrow to Reagan, as well as to President Francois Mitterrand, and assured them that Britain would not withdraw its contingent of 100 soldiers from Lebanon. Said a Thatcher aide: "By attempting to bomb the Multi-National Force out of Lebanon, the extremists, whoever they are, have in a perverse way confirmed the success...
Pope John Paul II, his voice filled with emotion as he stood before a crowd of 80,000 at St. Peter's Square, declared, "A great sense of sorrow surges from the soul." Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir called the bombing a "despicable crime that was undoubtedly perpetrated by those who want to prevent a peaceful solution in Lebanon and to increase bloodshed." In Moscow, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda observed: "It appears the Viet Nam story begins to repeat itself. The U.S. is getting drawn deeper into the fighting, while generals get more and more freedom of action...