For some, it's a time of great sorrow, but for others it's a glorious time that usually means some new tech is on the way to combat the year's upcoming workload.

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My heart goes out to the Gibb family in this time of sorrow.

BBC: Sir Cliff Richard

President HAMID KARZAI (Afghanistan): My heart goes to the families, the friends and the Canadian people at this time of reflection and sorrow for those families.

NPR: Afghan Leader Wants Canada's Troops to Stay

This detail hardly matters now at a time of such national sorrow, but if it helps explain why a large, modern and technologically-advanced country like Poland was flying such an old plane, perhaps that is of some small assistance.

ECONOMIST: European politics

As I told Prime Minister Kan last night, and reaffirmed at the Japanese embassy here in Washington today, the Japanese people are not alone in this time of great trial and sorrow.

WHITEHOUSE: Standing with Japan

Whatever the causes of the Princess Victoria sinking to a watery grave on that stormy Saturday afternoon in January 1953, the passing of time has not erased the sorrow felt by many, whose loved ones went down with the ship.

BBC: Princess Victoria sinking remembered 60 years on

He also brilliantly leaps backwards and forwards in time, weaving a tapestry of sorrow that builds on the story like an incoming wave.

CNN: Review: Vengeance in a town full of grief in 'The Sweet Hereafter'

This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The death of Guillaume Apollinaire at this time made a very serious difference to all his friends apart from their sorrow at his death.

FORBES: The Quality Of Keeping People Together

Further, it is with sorrow and sadness that we recognise that for many of those who spoke to the inquiry that their time in a refuge is associated with anxiety, distress, loneliness, isolation, pain and confusion and much more.

BBC: Magdalene Laundries: Reaction to the McAleese report