Alliance soldiers said they have no pity for the men.

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You have to feel some pity for the Phippses because they were only trying to avoid double taxation--they presumably still owed taxes on capital gains on their sale of Phipps stock.

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This is a pity, and we may have to accept that, for those fooling around with brand-new technologies, the toys are simply too much fun.

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It raises the probability that Russia will get its economy moving this year or next--and with that, cast off some of the confusion and self-pity that have lately made it so difficult a partner for both America and Europe.

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But there is still something unsettling about Mr Adams's unusual hints of resignation, his references to physical and emotional exhaustion, and the self-pity that for a while at least appears to have displaced the old self-confidence.

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The photos spread faster, farther and wider than the British Empire during its heyday, leading to some pity for a 27-year-old who seems to have difficulty steering clear of social media scandals.

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But every society has a poor storm that wretches suffer in, and the attitude is always the same: either that the wretches, already dehumanized by their suffering, deserve no pity or that the oppressed, overwhelmed by injustice, will have to wait for a better world.

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