It did seem terribly, disrespectfully soon, and whatever conclusions emerge from official inquiries and any legal proceedings to come, it seems clear that an Olympian who makes a mistake in competition should never be presumed to be in a position to pay with his life.
And Tony Peake writes terribly badly as soon as he starts thinking about it: 'The sky was clear, the viridescent fields dotted with tentative lambs and occasionally splashed with the red of budding willows.' But he has done his homework, and I wouldn't have thought anyone will think it worth doing again.
People die -- terribly and too soon -- and each of us has a duty to find our own way to pay our respects to our men and women in uniform, their families and the extraordinary sacrifices they continue to make for a grateful nation.
"I had a student with Asperger's who had bad handwriting, terrible spelling, poor drawing skills... he was terribly self-critical as soon as he put pen to paper," explains Stinson.
The other implication of all this musing on lost writers is that plenty of the authors who seem terribly important today will soon be stuck on the shelves gathering dust just as fast Delderfield and co.
We had boarded a rickshaw, but the driver had soon become terribly lost and with my spotty sense of direction and my complete ignorance of Urdu, I couldn't be any help.
"This settlement came only when Princeton officials realized they had underestimated us and had miscalculated our resolve, and would soon face a terribly embarrassing trial," Mr. Robertson said.
He zeroes in on BlackBerry Balance, which lets companies using the new BES software split the phone into "personal" and "work" spaces: if you work for a company that isn't terribly forward-thinking, you may soon find they're offering you a new BlackBerry.
People have become terribly afraid to talk, because as soon as you show up—even if they refuse to speak with you they will have problems.
With the help of three Australian players who spoke Russian, Bradley got to know several members of the Russian team fairly well, and soon he was feeling terribly sorry for them.
