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It is depressing to think that life is purposeless and that evolution has no higher destination.
ECONOMIST: Evolution
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It is depressing to be talking about inflation and recession after barely six years of expansion in Britain.
ECONOMIST: On the brink of recession?
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But if, to Mr Musharraf and to those abroad, his refusal to adopt mufti is inevitable, to many in Pakistan it is deeply depressing.
ECONOMIST: Musharraf may keep his uniform
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This book might seem to tell a depressing tale, but it is enlivened by Ms Elliott's use of folklore material and regional writing to shed light on the intricate and (to the outsider) baffling ways of life and thought of the Ulster people as a whole.
ECONOMIST: Irish history
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"It's really sad and depressing that the school board is not ready to accept broad reforms that offer parents all parents a great alternative, " he said.
WSJ: Segregation Fear Sinks Charter School
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It is very depressing reading, and proof that Afghanistan does not have what it takes to be a self-sustaining democracy.
FORBES: The Real Reason We're Leaving Afghanistan
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No, the depressing part is how utterly unsurprising it is, how accustomed we have all become to the steady beat of implosions in the win-or-else world of collegiate sports.
WSJ: Jason Gay: What If Rutgers Is Everyone?
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Even if Russia could get that warm-water port it is supposed to want, nothing much would change: it would still be cold and flat and depressing to be a Russian.
NEWYORKER: Faces, Places, Spaces
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It is a depressing commentary on our times that spokesmen of democracies and supposed champions of human rights are willing to state publicly that granting Jews the equal protection of the law is an unacceptable imposition on their bigoted neighbors.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: March of the red/green brigades
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It is hardly shocking that the results would be so deeply depressing when contemplating a circumstance where every item designed to bend the cost curve in healthcare, as set out in the Affordable Care Act, turns out to be an abject failure particularly when coupled with the assumption that Congress will end each and every tax that is designed to fund the law.
FORBES: GOP Senator Knowingly Distorts GAO Report He Commissioned To Launch Most Dishonest Attack On Obamacare To Date