Word: tragic
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...voters in 1980 mandated that waste and inefficiency be eliminated from the myriad of social programs. The presidential response to drop or cripple these programs is simplistic and tragic...
Papers were being shuffled amid much fidgeting when Ford at last ended the impasse: "Mr. President, with your indulgence I have something to say." Nixon nodded, and Ford continued: "Everyone here recognizes the difficult position I'm in. No one regrets more than I do this whole tragic episode. I have deep personal sympathy for you, Mr. President, and your fine family. But had I known what has been disclosed in reference to Watergate in the last 24 hours, I would not have made a number of the statements I made. I'll have no further comment...
...States is in triennially "good" and that it prized democracy more than other nations. Yet his analysis unmistakably leads one to the conclusion that America is inherently "evil"; by trying to show that the United States is no better than its adversaries, Chomsky actually make it look worse. This tragic flaw greatly weakens what is otherwise often a painfully accurate picture of the misuse of American might...
Built in Japan in 1976 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., the $120 million Ocean Ranger was the largest semisubmersible oil rig in operation, 396 ft. long, 262 ft. wide and 337 ft. high, with twelve 45,000-lb. anchors. The sinking of the rig was a tragic reminder that even though they are designed to ride out the most severe storms-110-ft. waves and 115-m.p.h. winds in the case of the Ocean Ranger-offshore drilling platforms are not the safest of workplaces. Since 1976, when a rig collapsed during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico, killing...
Mobil officials say the alarm incident was a result of "human error" and was "totally unrelated" to the tragic events of last week. Mobil has suspended all drilling operations off Newfoundland and is calling in its two other rigs in the area, the Sedco 706 and the Zapata Ugland, for inspection as a "precautionary measure...