Word: laments
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Today, leaders of students opposed to U.S. involvement in the Gulf, such as Rosa A. Ehrenreich '91, lament the lack of student interest in the current Middle East situation. The apathy that she notes bears a striking and disturbing resemblance to the Harvard students during the Vietnam war; for all their vocal protests, they were driven primarily by self-interest...
Many Burmese who hate the regime also lament their inability to change it. "We are rubbish," says a student in Mandalay. "Our tradition and our religion prevent us from getting things done," says a Rangoon intellectual. The pacific teachings of Theravada Buddhism do not, for example, allow self- immolation of the sort practiced by protesting Vietnamese monks in the 1960s...
...looked at me helplessly but I just stared at the floor. He told the class he couldn't tell them -- he would have to do something he usually does only in the shower -- sing." Then Kerrey in a steady baritone talked/sang And the Band Played "Waltzing Matilda," the mournful lament of a World War I Australian who lost a leg in battle. The lyrics include the gut-wrenching line "Never knew there were worse things than dying." Says Capps: "When he turned and limped off the stage, nearly everyone wept...
...When adults lament the absence of "values," it is worth recalling that children are an honest conscience, the perfect mirror of a society's priorities and principles. A society whose values are entirely material is not likely to breed a generation of poets; anti-intellectualism and indifference to education do not inspire rocket scientists. With each passing day these arguments become more apparent, the needs more pressing. Where is the leader who will seize the opportunity to do what is both smart and worthy, and begin retuning policy to focus on children and intercept trouble before it breeds...
Hence, my disillusionment with divestment activists who call for harsh sanctions and, in the same breath, lament the violence that rips South Africa today. They are part and parcel of the same thing...