61.  Yet both reflect the sorry state of scientific literacy in this country.

62.  But they also unmasked the sorry state of Italian high fashion.

63.  Nor have they ever seen their communities in such a sorry state of devastation.

64.  Nothing shows up the sorry state of political communication more than the reaction of the non-Congress parties to the entry of Sonia Gandhi into the current election campaign.

65.  The PDI is in a sorry state.

66.  The sorry state of such cemeteries is being reversed in many eastern Connecticut towns, driven by civic pride and the Internet-fueled interest in genealogy.

67.  The result simply confirmed a sorry state of affairs brought to light in the presidential election earlier this year.

68.  This sorry state of affairs could be brought to an end if animals are accorded their true status as sentient beings and not regarded as goods.

69.  This sorry state of affairs has been reached because Thailand can no longer compete in the international arena for cheap labour and raw materials.

70.  Tretiak, the great Soviet goalie, is among those alarmed about the sorry state of hockey in Russia.