tear-jerkers

Who they haven't been listening to is the the young people, many of whom are undocumented, talk about why they risk being harassed, ostracized, and even deported to go to college and advocate for the DREAM Act. Sure, they've been ammunition for anecdotal tear-jerkers on the Senate floor, but have their substantive messages been considered by lawmakers?

Lindsay McCluskey: A DREAM Undeterred Lindsay McCluskey 2010

Peter MelvilleGuildford, Surrey• I would argue that the best tear-jerkers are sad, slightly ridiculous and true Letters, 11 April.

Letters: Heady brew 2011

While the dance tunes were truncated, the singer poured herself into the set's slow and soulful material, Marvin Gaye-inspired tear-jerkers like "Not Gon 'Cry" and "I Never Wanna Live Without You."

In concert: Mary J. Blige at Jiffy Lube Live Aaron Leitko 2010

Who they haven't been listening to is the the young people, many of whom are undocumented, talk about why they risk being harassed, ostracized, and even deported to go to college and advocate for the DREAM Act. Sure, they've been ammunition for anecdotal tear-jerkers on the Senate floor, but have their substantive messages been considered by lawmakers?

Lindsay McCluskey: A DREAM Undeterred Lindsay McCluskey 2010

They are almost always heart-warming to watch, although some of them will make you laugh, some will freak you out and others are real tear-jerkers.

David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010

They are almost always heart-warming to watch, although some of them will make you laugh, some will freak you out and others are real tear-jerkers.

David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010

Those adventures should've helped push Braxton's music into the realm of full-on camp, but on her new disc, "Pulse," the singer mostly sticks to her trusty album architecture of scorching dance songs, soft-focused up-tempo ballads and "Un-Break My Heart" - style tear-jerkers without going too over-the-top.

Album review: Toni Braxton, "Pulse" 2010

They are almost always heart-warming to watch, although some of them will make you laugh, some will freak you out and others are real tear-jerkers.

David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010

Those adventures should've helped push Braxton's music into the realm of full-on camp, but on her new disc, "Pulse," the singer mostly sticks to her trusty album architecture of scorching dance songs, soft-focused up-tempo ballads and "Un-Break My Heart" - style tear-jerkers without going too over-the-top.

Album review of 'Pulse' by Toni Braxton 2010

Without ploughman you preacher, and then you dissolve in hollenshead's tear-jerkers, and it was of Denmark you flumed.

Berkeley Stations 2010