Nowhere was this fear more palpable than in France, a country not fully at ease with its own sad performance in World War II.
And, because of that, the END IT movement, which organized the recent online-plus-real-world campaign, has gotten some heat from some laptop cynics who say their efforts aren't making a real, tangible difference in the big-sad-real world.
It's also a sad day in the world of arms control and the rule of law.
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Mr Martelly said that too often the images of Haiti shown around the world were sad, but that Haiti had more to offer.
It is a sad fact of contemporary world society that big natural disasters are magnets for cons and low-lifes hoping to score a buck from well-meaning donors.
The BBBC described it as a "sad day" for the world of boxing.
The search for profit, they argue, may be a regrettable necessity in the modern world, a sad fact of life if there is to be any private enterprise.
The sad fact is that the world's second biggest economy, home to companies that have changed industries around the world, is being kept out of dire trouble only by the loyalty of its own savers.
Panorama by depicting HT as incoherent Arabs are feeding to sad stereotypes of Muslims in the world.
And the really sad part is, in the world of Forbes magazine, he is a radical leftist.
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"It's a sad day for one of the world's most iconic creatures, " Philip Mansbridge, CEO of Care for the Wild International, said in a statement.
Digg, once one of the shining stars of the social media world, is now a sad shell of of its former self.
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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, who has backed Maradona's tenure since the World Cup exit, was sad to see him leave the post.
The sad reality is that most of the world - certainly outside Europe - is growing a lot faster than the UK. But sooner or later we do need the real economy to start to catch up with all these enthusiastic investors.
In the popular World War II cartoon strip The Sad Sack, the character was a naive, confused, lazy, bumbling private, but happy enough and almost lovable.
In terms of the location they say it's the finest place in the world to attend a concert but the sad truth is that for the moment the Sydney Opera House should be seen and not heard.
There is another world inside this beautiful Himalaya which is the sad part of Bhutan.
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She wants to improve the sad state of child care in orphanages in the developing world.
In a statement, Mr Maloney said Sutherland's death was very sad and unexpected and a tragedy for Ireland and the world of boxing.
Of these sad situations it is possible for the rest of the world to wash its hands, perhaps while bristling over a bullying U.S. presence.
It was a sad end for Wilkinson at the scene of his 2007 World Cup quarter-final triumph over Australia, but there is much more to come from him and his Toulon team-mates next season.
"It's a very sad day, not only for snooker but also for the sporting world, " he said.
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"I am sad and have finally accepted there really are no true heroes in our world, " one Facebook fan wrote.
But this sad story should be a wake-up call for radio hosts around the world to follow the Roy D.
The sad reality is that there are politically frustrated people throughout the Middle East and the broader world.
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The entire world saw them a year ago when, among other things, the Novi Sad bridges disappeared one by one.
And a world ranking of 56 - below Qatar and Honduras - only serves to underline this sad fact.
It's a sad fate for an intelligent work which has won 14 international awards and has been screened around the world over the past two years without trouble.
Of course the vast majority of what Rhodes writes about in Banker To The World concerns the myriad country debt crises that revealed themselves during his time at Citi, and the sad reality that financial shortfalls for governments invariably threaten the banks that have exposure to those governments.
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