When the rescued orangutans first arrive, they are often in a sorry state and riddled with diseases.

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When Folz took over four years ago, Peugeot was in a sorry state.

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By swallowing a tube which had a slicer thing on the end of it, they could see my stomach was in a sorry state.

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Yes, they probably do believe it, and sadly, by now, the American majority may be in just such a sorry state.

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New York (CNN) -- A New York state lawmaker said Monday he's sorry if he offended anyone by dressing in blackface for a Purim party, but a colleague says his apology doesn't go far enough.

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He went on in great detail about a number of conversations with Skilling where the sorry state of the broadband business was explicitly discussed, and Skilling pressed him to stick to impossible earnings targets, even after cut-backs were being made.

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