The sad representatives of a fate-beleaguered citizenry, they intermittently call forth, for the appeasing of the gods, a troupe of adolescent girls to perform a frenzied, ritual dance in abbreviated tunics.
"It's incredibly sad," said Representative Rick Glazier, a Democrat who has long been a supporter of the act.
"It really is sort of sad," said Representative Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont, about his soon-to-be-former colleagues and their quirks.
In the sad case of Representative Anthony Weiner's virtual adultery, the Internet era's defining vice has been thrown into sharp relief.
"It's incredibly sad," said Democratic representative Rick Glazier of Fayetteville, a supporter of the law at its inception and at its death.
"That's not leadership; that is sad and pathetic," said Representative Allen West, a freshman Republican representing thousands of Social Security recipients in South Florida.
"Today we put this sad chapter behind us," said Representative Sander Levin, Democrat of Michigan and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
The article presents a description, analysis and application of the concept of life-cycle analysis on a sample of 35 offset printing companies in Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia) as representative printing technique.
The present study constitutes a large and representative study on SAD and PTSS in adolescents.
Others, including one Mitsubishi representative, struck a sadder tone over how long the apology took.
