Word: sorrowful
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...China has long referred to the Yellow River - which runs a silted (hence "yellow") course from the plains of Qinghai near Tibet to the Bohai Bay, opposite the Korean Peninsula - as "China's Sorrow." The name refers to the floods that have plagued people along its banks for millennia, but it has resonated painfully in recent years as the river has fallen victim to excessive damming, frequent pollution and misguided diversion schemes...
...outcasts, becoming the moral underclass of the moral underclass - the untouchables' untouchables - chased into the rabbit hole of protective isolation and mauled to death if they emerge. And be honest: Do they deserve any better? Maybe not. But maybe society as a whole does. The nation teetered between sorrow and rage last week after Charles Roberts, a 32-year-old milkman in Pennsylvania's Amish country, committed his incomprehensible murders of five girls in a one-room schoolhouse, before turning his gun on himself. The fury over Roberts' savagery was made worse when he told his wife by cell phone...
...TREMENDOUS SORROW TO HAVE LOST HIM?...
...always warm and friendly to other people and it is to our tremendous sorrow to have lost him. It must be an extremely trying time for his parents as well. I do hope they can recover from this horrible incident and get on with their lives (though totally different...
...them. He was intelligent, thoughtful, entertaining, and humble. When I felt depressed he would cheer me up with his sense of humor and his signature smile. He was caring to those in need of support. There is no wonder why many people shared the same sorrow for his passing. It is only his physical being that has passed away. He will forever live in our hearts...