While for many the day was a somber one, for Katherine Mills, from London, it was a positive occasion.
Both films hark back to a more somber, measured pace and muted palette, a time when movies weren't so desperate to rush us off our feet and sought to engage the mind -- not overload the senses.
In a brief, somber finale, all look forward to a brighter, more peaceful time ahead.
The race will have a somber note as drivers will wear black armbands in tribute to Dan Wheldon, who died in a 15-car IndyCar crash two weeks ago.
"It was a very somber commute this morning, " said Bob McCooey, chief executive of Griswold, a brokerage.
He at least made the right choice for someone who could fire up a somber crowd.
Sabres forward Steve Ott expects there to be a somber mood inside the arena in Boston.
In a background briefing with reporters, one official painted a somber picture of the situation.
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The lobby hosts a somber social hour, with residents gleaning intel from the skeleton building staff.
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Last week, Villegas and another top government official struck a somber tone when discussing the president's illness.
In a somber laboratory humming with the soft whir of computers and diagnostic equipment, Harfouch performs his artistry.
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The boilerplate in PNC's press release announcing the deal cast a somber note.
It was a somber end to an expedition that otherwise worked as planned.
But the earlier refrain of by-the-bootstraps money-making has taken a somber turn.
At a concert Saturday night, the Phoenix Symphony added to the program a somber selection from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations to honor the victims.
As emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration.
On Saturday, as emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration.
Mr. Loy, who was dressed in black leather, including gloves, created with his music a sense of chaos and domination, of a somber mood exploded by rage.
President Barack Obama took a dramatic walk to the microphones in the East Room of the White House to deliver a somber yet celebratory 9-minute speech that confirmed what everyone already knew.
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There was, at that time, something of a somber atmosphere in the complex, with employees well aware that Nokia was racing to catch up with increasingly popular products from Samsung and Apple.
The day was a somber reminder of the lives lost in the shipwreck, but it was also important for the 900 residents of Giglio to commemorate an event that changed their island forever.
"It is a somber resolve, " Rose told CNN.
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Four days later, a somber Cheong was apologizing to the families of the 82 people who died when Flight SQ006 bound from Taipei to Los Angeles plowed into debris on an out-of-service runway and burst into flames.
"While the steps I am talking about will have an impact on all Americans, some of our fellow citizens will be affected more than any others, " the president said in a somber White House press conference Monday.
The film also has somber fun with Thornfield as a haunted house of alarming sounds and squeaking timbers.
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During Mr. Assad's hourlong speech to Parliament, the lawmakers applauded just twice, reflecting a more somber setting than during prior speeches, when applause was frequent.
The mood was much more somber at the Pentagon memorial a few miles away, where 184 people died when a hijacked American Airlines Flight crashed on September 11, 2001.
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