In 2010, an American woman caused outrage after she sent her adopted son back to Russia alone on a one-way flight, saying the boy, then 7, had violent episodes that made the family fear for its safety.

CNN: Russia's lower house approves bill to ban U.S. adoption

In 2010, an American woman sparked outrage after she sent her adopted son back to Russia alone on a one-way flight, saying the boy, then 7, had violent episodes that made her family fear for its safety.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

No one would be left alone to find their way to an interesting conversation with another, any more than it would be expected of participants at a Passover meal or in the Eucharist that they might manage independently to alight on the salient aspects of the history of the tribes of Israel or achieve a sense of communion with God.

WSJ: Alain de Botton on Religion for Everyone

"King Edward VII's Hospital cares for sick people, and it was extremely foolish of your presenters even to consider trying to lie their way through to one of our patients, let alone actually make the call, " wrote hospital chairman Lord Glenarthur.

CNN: SHARE THIS

"King Edward VII's Hospital cares for sick people, and it was extremely foolish of your presenters even to consider trying to lie their way through to one of our patients, let alone actually make the call, " wrote the chairman, Simon Glenarthur.

CNN: Australian radio network cancels show after nurse's death

Before the plan was even agreed on, let alone implemented, 13 were bailed out in one way or another.

ECONOMIST: Russia

But given the last one was way back in 1926, ten years before Fred Perry won his last tennis major, let alone Andy Murray, there is little wonder rhetoric about it on the Brighton seafront is resonating beyond the conference hall.

BBC: TUC: General strike demands dominate union gathering

Their burdens are ones that no one should have to bear alone, and it is up to all of us to live our lives in a way worthy of their sacrifice.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House