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There is some sullenness, some verging-upon-tears.

Large sheets of slick paper, printed with some of the artist's spattered images in crimson paint, are taken by viewers to be scrawled upon, torn, folded or scrumpled and finally added to a growing mound at one end of the dimly-lit library.

Women's Work, no wonder Through the wonder of teas, tonics, and salves, Anna becomes an advocate for "medicine that does not rely upon tearing at the body with sharp probes and blistering cups like the barber-surgeon".

It was not too far in our nation's past that throngs of citizens marched in the streets to protest the suppression of this right and risked being beaten with nightsticks and set upon with tear gas, fire-hoses, and dogs.

She, like the narrator of I'll Be Right There, was in her 20s during Chun Doo-hwon's dictatorship, which was frequently protested by citizens who self-immolated or were fired upon with tear gas.

Teachers dissolve in tears upon being led into their new classrooms.

I was moved to tears upon reading "Battlefield Aid for Soldiers Battered Psychess" (front page, June 21).

Rollins has witnessed his share of athletes who dissolved in tears upon exposure of their lies.

Zarnecki broke down in tears upon seeing the image for the first time.

Anybody who has completed any of the UTMB races is conditioned to spontaneously burst into tears upon hearing that song.

Even after my wife, Beth, burst into tears upon seeing Brian's smiling face on the program for our memorial service at West Point's Post Chapel.

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