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...must, so it's worth standing in the rain for three or four hours to get some.' They didn't even have a change of clothes." Fighting back her tears, Chin Chin gave out rice and listened to stories of families torn apart and villages destroyed. "It was piteous," she says. "I really sympathized with them. We didn't see any aid from government or foreign groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of Burma's Monks | 5/16/2008 | See Source »

...laughed a silent, piteous laugh, seemed to ignore me, and left...

Author: By Alex C. Britell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hello, Annenberg | 10/23/2003 | See Source »

...Behold the piteous cries of refugees...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs and Michael L. Shenkman, MICHAEL L. SHENKMAN AND STEPHEN E. SACHSS | Title: Dartboard | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

Steele said affirmative action "is a way that asociety buys itself out of meaningful socialreform. It is piteous and demeaning to us as apeople...

Author: By Emil J. Kiehne, | Title: Steele Criticizes `False Compassion' | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...lost all in the stock market crash, and now lead a life of piteous despair...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Oh, Those Golden Grands | 10/29/1987 | See Source »

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