Word: sorrowfulness
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...other time too. Beside the sorrow of our frail humanity there is also the glory of our genius. Amid the shock and grief at our common helplessness before a cruel ocean, there is also this: when Huygens sent back those wondrous pictures from the surface of Titan this past Friday, we were reminded once again of our stubborn little common human greatness...
...This university has become a global institution,” he said. “A place that studies the world and where the world comes to study...a place that grieves collectively for the loss and sorrow of any of its family and friends...
Like no other natural disaster in living memory, the Asian tsunami induced a planetary torrent of sorrow, followed by a massive outpouring of money and supplies from public and private sources that at times overwhelmed the relief workers and government agencies trying to deliver water, food and medicine to those in greatest danger. The Bush Administration pledged an initial sum of $15 million and was promptly pilloried for offering aid inadequate to the scale of the disaster. (In the initial count, 15 Americans were reported dead.) Stung by criticism of the U.S.'s perceived parsimony, the Administration increased the contribution...
...Hughes reordered the poems and dropped about a third of them; he also added a few poems that Plath had left out. That in itself is hardly a crime--even a genius needs a good editor once in a while--but Ariel contains a great deal of pain and sorrow and rage directed at Hughes. He was an exceptionally gifted poet himself--he would later become England's poet laureate--but if you're looking for a selfless, disinterested editor to reshape somebody's work, you do not hire the guy who just broke that person's heart...
Dining hall food has long been a source of sorrow for Harvard students. We’ve often bemoaned the unpalatable provisions provided by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS); and we’re generally suspect of steps taken (and advertised) with the pretense of ameliorating the unfortunate food situation. But, after the release of HUDS’ Resident Dining Satisfaction Survey results last week, it appeared as though there was reason to celebrate. Affirming a general increase in overall student satisfaction—the third semester of marginal improvement in a row—the survey would suggest that...