But then the business news here is full of such sad stories every day.

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"I can't really be sad because every time I think of Bill, a smile's not far behind, " he said.

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LaVette sounds as if she means every word of Nelson's sad song, but the reality is that she herself has picked up the pieces of a career full of heartbreak.

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The sad reality may be that every generation, every person, would like to feel particularly seen, particularly judged, and resident at some great particular inflection.

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Every schoolchild in Silicon Valley knows the sad story of how nice Steve Jobs helped to found Apple Computer, only for the evil bean-counters to evict him nine years later (now, of course, he's back).

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Almost every night sold out, and he says he found he felt sad on the final night.

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But every summer thousands of young people come together at the Exit music festival in Novi Sad in Serbia, and big stars from across the region have no trouble packing in audiences wherever they perform.

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"Every time I hear Danny Boy I reach for a tissue because it makes me so sad, " he added.

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The price level can only be altered through a change in the value of money itself, and with the dollar at near all-time lows against gold and nearly every foreign currency, the presumption of deflation promoted by Sumner is laughable, and also sad.

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