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Angelo Mozilo Cried

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Angelo Mozilo showed Countrywide shareholders that he has a soft heart buried under that deep tan of his. As he declared "an end of an era" at the vote on the sale of the company to Bank of America, Mozilo "got emotional, reached for a water bottle, and said 'Excuse me, this is one of the drawbacks to being Italian,'" according to BusinessWeek. No mention of his "disgusting" customers.

Ken Lewis Should Have Cried

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Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis is gambling $2.8 billion on his purchase of Countrywide, not to mention his inestimable reputation. For that tidy sum, he's getting a deteriorating mortgage portfolio, a growing pile of lawsuits, and the unenviable task of laying off 7,500 people.

Hillary Clinton

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It was the sob heard around the world. When an exhausted Hillary Clinton showed emotion during a coffee-shop talk on the campaign trail, the political pundits analyzed her tears until they were blue in the face. Ed Muskie, anyone? Something resonated with New Hampshire voters, who voted for Clinton over Obama just days later. She cried again in Connecticut a month later, but in the end, tears just weren't enough.

Bill Clinton Should Have Cried

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We saw anger. We saw compassion. We saw frustration. But where were the tears? Bill Clinton wanted to be the White House's first First Gentleman. Instead, some Democrats think he has himself to blame for his wife's defeat in the primary. And in his final moment, instead of calling a reporter a "scumbag," maybe he should have taken a page from Hillary's campaign handbook and let a tear fall down those rosy cheeks.

J.K. Rowling Cried

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Fans around the world cried when they turned the final page of the last installment of the beloved Harry Potter series. Its author, J.K. Rowling, had an emotional moment of her own in a New York courtroom in April. Testifying in her copyright-infringement case against a publisher of the Harry Potter lexicon, Rowling said: "I believe this book constitutes wholesale theft of 17 years of my work."

Richard Robinson Should Have Cried

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Scholastic published all seven of the bestselling Harry Potter books in the U.S. The series is now over. If ever there was a reason for the C.E.O. of a publishing house to cry, that's it.

Marion Jones Cried

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After years of public denial, the Olympic gold medalist and runner Marion Jones confessed to using steroids. She cried after receiving her six-month prison sentence for lying to investigators about her steroid use and her role in a check-cashing scheme.

Jason Giambi Should Have Cried

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New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi is a big guy in a tiny thong who is sorry he took human growth hormone. Reason enough for tears? You decide.