That young man didn't resort to tears, but he did spend the summer feeling left out and alone.

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She's close to tears because she can't get a ticket.

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"I was in shock, I broke down in tears and didn't know what to say, " Daniel Del Regno told Argentine daily La Nacion.

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Her eyes well with tears, but she doesn't allow them to fall, quickly wiping them away and biting her thumb like the vulnerable child she is.

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Some basketball players still don't want to go public with their tears.

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"The tears which are shed are angry tears, because I feel angry that this didn't need to have happened, " she added.

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And in case that seems to leave brawny manual labourers still sunk in tears, isn't it these same men who drive the trains, fight the fires and hold society in thrall to their skill at mending motors and fixing the plumbing?

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Don't be surprised to see hard-bitten corporate executives and military officers with tears in their eyes as they watch their children's presentations.

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"I didn't let anybody get close to me again, " Griffin said, holding back tears.

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"He has given so much to that jersey, and he is in tears in there now, I wish it wasn't Martyn, " said Young.

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Crying also became part of the daily routine and she says it wasn't until day 15 of her journey that she managed to go a whole day without bursting into tears.

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