Word: sorrowful
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...reason: sorrow does not spread nearly as readily as joy. Nicholas Christakis, one of the study's authors, says happy people form groups and socialize. Unhappy people spend more time alone, not always by choice. "Do you want to hang out with an unhappy person?" says Christakis, who teaches sociology at Harvard. "My feeling is that happiness declines during recessions, but I am not sure how much...
...shooting a buffalo: "Killing a large animal inevitably gives me a sense of sorrow. I know it will hit me before it does, the way you go to bed drunk knowing you'll be hungover in the morning. It hurts as I run my fingers through the tangled mane of the buffalo's neck. The animal feels so solid, so substantive ... Seeing the dead buffalo, I feel an amalgamation of many things: thankfulness for the meat, an appreciation for the animal's beauty, a regard for the history of the species and, yes, a touch of guilt...
...entire concert. But it was the second movement of the symphony that truly displayed the artistry of the orchestra. The Allegretto resembled a funeral march in the somber key of E minor, and though the orchestra played it a bit too fast, Levine still managed to evoke loneliness and sorrow in every member of the audience. The strings delicately tossed the melody around, all the while building up to a climax in which it seemed the funeral march itself was passing us by. To create this adequately was not easy, but Levine seemed to construct such vivid imagery with ease...
...minority - I could be wrong - of people in that community who feel that my books are divisive, that they talk about things that ought to be kept private within the family, and they feel that I'm kind of capitalizing and benefiting from the tragedy and the sorrow of other people. I don't agree with that at all, of course. I feel that my books talk about issues that shape people's lives, that shape society and that are important. I see it as my duty to parlay my own personal success and blessings [into benefits for] Afghanistan...
...know I'm not supposed to shed tears except for deaths in the family, but I've got to admit that reading Nancy Gibbs' article on Barack Obama in this week's commemorative issue made my eyes misty [Nov. 17]. These were tears not of sorrow but of sheer appreciation for a wonderfully expressed essay about this transcendent moment in American history. Hervie Haufler, SHELBURNE...