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It's easy, maybe tempting, to shoot messengers who bear bad news.
Terry Pratchett fans, we bear bad news, as confirmation came today that there will be no more Discworld novels after The Shepherd's Crown.
This is because of the high costs they bear: bad loans, employees who cannot be sacked, branches that cannot be closed.
The alternative to both is realism — seeing the risks, having the courage to bear bad news and being prepared for famine as well as plenty.
The map paints a clear picture: Inthe gubernatorial races, the Democrats can find a few bright spots in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Colorado, but losses in Massachusetts, Maine, Illinois and Maryland bear bad news.
Anyone who's disabled, who's survived a terrible traffic accident or been blown up by an IED in Afghanistan, who's gone through painful reconstruction surgery from an acid attack – anyone who gets old (sorry to bear bad tidings, but sooner or later that means you) – can testify that the self is not the body.
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"He quoted Shakespeare: 'Good wombs have borne bad sons.' ".
Even when he bears bad news, his explanations are delicious.
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Jesus warns of false prophets, saying, "You will know them by their fruits.... Every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
I'm sorry to bear the bad news, but we're all aging all the time.
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