It was as though their privation was somehow genetic, transferred biologically in some sad double helix of DNA from one Zulu generation to the next.
This time next year, you look us up and we're going to be living in a house and we're going to be looking back on this with some sad memories, but we're going to be able to laugh about some of it, too.
In fact when I began thinking about it I came across some pretty sad literature of young people shamed by their lack of Facebook friends.
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We have had some very sad Christmases in the past.
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Some of us, it seemed, were sporty, and some of us were sad.
What adds poignancy to these tales is the sad feeling that some of these cultures seem to be on the way out, inevitable casualties of the advance of the modern world.
Brecon mayor Paul Ashton said it would be a "very sad day" if some of the Gurkhas had to leave the town.
The vice-chairman of the prison's independent monitoring board, Howard Horseley, said it was a sad day, with some staff facing an uncertain future.
The teacher began by acting out a short conversation between two hand puppets, Henrietta and Twiggle: Twiggle is sad until Henrietta shares some watermelon with him.
" As we worried that Sakamaki would give up her successful career in journalism, get her tongue pierced and drop out to rediscover lost youth, she quickly added: "But then, some of the youngsters made me sad.
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Although many Kazakhs may not be sad to see the Russians go, some regret the departure of the country's ethnic Germans, who are considered industrious.
Club secretary John Ferguson said leaving Filton was "a very sad day" and the club expected to lose some members.
But I think there's New Orleans fatigue, not - and it's become old news and I think that's sad and I think maybe we need to bring some of the issues about the rebuilding of New Orleans back into the news, and I think violence - senseless violence like this has become part and parcel of how it goes down in New Orleans, sadly.
Some observers lamented that officials hadn't rescued the animal and were sad about its death.
If nothing else, some serious competition will be good for the rest of this wild and sad market.
It is sad that Geraldine's parents are not alive to witness some consolation in regard to their daughters tragic death.
"It would continue to damage her and obviously the separation, though sad and even tragic from her point of view, does provide some degree of protection, because I would have thought she couldn't survive much longer".
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It is so sad that deaths occurred and horrible injuries occurred, but at least we saw some good come out of it.
"The only issue here today is that a sweet, wonderful 26-year-old girl has finally been able to bring some closure to a chapter in her life that has been very unfortunate, " Heller sad.
But for some reason, when I first came home and felt confused, isolated, angry and sad, I forgot that there was a good chance that there were others out there, just like me, who felt exactly the same way.
Pablo and Anselmo knew how good they were and while Pablo stood now proud and less sad-looking, watching them lovingly, the old man acted as though they were some great surprise that he had produced, suddenly, himself.
It would have been sad to see a product that is loved by so many be taken off the shelves because some parents have used it inappropriately.
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The whole scene, the sad story that had brought them together, was framed for her for a moment as if from some far-off future perspective, and her rage against Yvonne washed out of her.
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