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Once he had become closely acquainted with the woeful lack of medical treatment for Haiti’s poor—and gotten his medical degree from HMS—Farmer didn’t hesitate to attack these problems head...
According to Internet archives, that number is 12. But this is a woeful understatement of Meyer’s impact on the show, those in the know insist...
...Profusion, Madonna wraps her voice--that candy-coated piece of plastic we've come to know and love--around a simple acoustic-guitar hook and some achy lyrics: "There is no comprehension/There is real isolation/There is so much destruction/What I want is a celebration." She is similarly relaxed and woeful on Nothing Fails, Intervention and album standout X-Static Process, which opens with the delicacy of a Gordon Lightfoot song and peaks with the self-pitying bridge "I always wished that I could find/Someone as beautiful as you/But in the process I forgot that I was special...
...aspiring tourist mecca, the Oriental Buddha Kingdom Theme Park in the lush mountains of Leshan is doing a pretty woeful job. Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, is mysteriously covered by a huge cloth, with only its giant feet poking out. When tourists try to approach the statue, security guards shoo them away. Instead, would-be guides shove pictures of the park's lesser draws under the few visitors' noses?perhaps a tour of a couple of fake, mildewy buddhas or a trip to a viewing...
...Crimson (12-6-1, 11-3 ECAC) has a long history of poor play following its annual three-week exam break. This trend has only gotten worse recently and bottomed out with a woeful 2-8-1 finish to the regular season last year...