For all her beauty and counter-cultural clout, Sedgwick emerges as a pitiable case.

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In my rapidly evolving fantasy, Blondy became pitiable, myself a rescuer.

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In 1982 rezoning to move development west to Times Square worked all too well, significantly tamping down growth in Midtown East, now at a pitiable 0.06% over the past decade.

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The shaving cream pie thrower did Murdoch a great service by making him look even more vulnerable and pitiable.

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But she is so good to look at and so forthright about her sexuality that some of the band's serious-minded natural audience suspect she is a pop starlet on the make, like Rihanna or the pitiable Britney Spears.

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