The sad ending of the story is that she ended up losing her job, as did they.

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And because the forces of intellectual fashion behind that public-health vision of social policy are inexorable, this story is likely to offer a somewhat sad ending: ever-higher sin taxes on an ever-greater range of recreational foods.

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"Obviously this is not the situation we wanted and we are truly sad to be ending such an historic and established festival, " it said.

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Like a happy ending to a sad story, on your body.

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On gaming forums, fans of the series have complained that no matter how "good" you are during the game, the ending is still a sad one.

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Three years on, it is hard to foresee a happy ending to Thailand's political strife, just a variety of sad ones.

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