But I am not shedding any tears and nor will a lot of people in this region and in many former mining communities throughout the country.
But as my foot touched the ground of my beloved Pakistan for the first time after eight lonely and difficult years of exile, I could not stop the tears from pouring from my eyes and I lifted my hands in reverence, in thanks, and in prayer.
Their tears were not just over Julie's good fortune.
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We may not be shedding any tears for Lefty any more than we feel for Gerard Depardieu, who recently left France for Russia to escape taxes, or for the Rolling Stones, who many moons ago left England and recorded Exile on Main Street from France.
But the fact that we use "emotional" to describe tears -- but not screaming -- alludes to the problem, considering that they're both effects of an emotion.
For instance, if you studied law and you discover that it bores you to tears, you do not simply turn your back on the skills you have developed.
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If daughter Kate were to repeat the achievement 34 years later (these awards, remember, are for the year 2000), can you not picture the floods of family tears and congratulations on Oscar night, demonstrating once more Hollywood's wide and generous heart?
She abandoned the idea in tears, saying she could not figure out how to break through, especially the money barrier.
The pastor of Bell Community Church broke down in tears and pointed heavenward as the not guilty verdicts were read.
"I've decided that we should make an honorable retreat as going ahead with our attack now would not guarantee victory, " he said, tears welling in his eyes.
But that is not what my mother wants at all and she tears herself away from him and runs out the door.
During her court appearance the model may have given the odd pout and hint of petulance, but the tears never flowed and her anger did not show.
Or the outbursts take the form of tears. (And no, not just from women.) People sometimes cry in response to negative feedback or out of sheer aggravation.
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Sarno realized that unresolved emotional issues and not physical abnormalities, such as bulging discs or muscular tears, were the cause of the pain outbreak sweeping the nation.
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"It's just not fair, " said Johana Portillo, holding back tears.
My biggest surprise was that the Oprah interview did not descend into the all too common excuses and crocodile tears we have seen from those in a similar predicament.
It would not last, sooner or later it would all end in tears.
But they would soon find out that it was not my heart that ruled my appetite, and there would often be tears, theirs, a dramatic departure, phone calls in the middle of the night, a dozen e-mails, clothing to be sent for, and so on and so forth.
"I am not throwing my child away, " says his mother, Nuraini, wiping away tears.
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The Labour MP defected from the Tories in December 1999 and although his former colleagues in the Conservative Party will not comment publically about his departure, one Tory source told the BBC "few tears will be shed for him".
"I'm not as smart as you are, or anyone else, " he said, in tears.
"You're hoping that she's OK wherever she's at, that she's not hurting, that she's not cold, that she's being fed, " Steven Sierra said, choking back tears.
He had surgery on Sept. 14, 2010, to repair tears in the front and bottom of the shoulder's anterior capsule and did not make it back to the major leagues until last April 5.
It may not be the Russian government's main aim in this dispute, but they would shed few tears if the row were to damage Mr Yushchenko politically.
Nnamabia was staring at his yellow-orange rice as he spoke, and when he looked up his eyes were filled with tears, my worldly brother, and I felt a tenderness for him that I would not have been able to describe if I had been asked to.
Nah, their demise is not a foregone conclusion, but given events of the past few months (and as much as it tears us up inside to do this), we're launching a TiVo deathwatch.
"I just could not believe it when I saw her in the hospital, " her mother, Zobeda Begum, said through tears.
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