Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must expand trade and undertake a meaningful dialogue with the Eastern Bloc if it is to have any positive influence at all. Ultimately, though tangible reform will only come from within. Solidarity is proof that the peoples of Eastern Europe are beginning to openly reject their system; it is tragic that it was a movement born perhaps a generation too soon...
...recent Crimson editorial piece, it seemed as though the responsible man was a lonely, tragic individual who can only hope that chance gives him the opportunity to change the world. But a new and creative form of humanism, an inescapably globally social humanism of all men is being born in the fundamental idealism of the NIEO Because of its youth, it is still obscured by the fog of power politics and conflicting ideologies. But it is moving its way toward the clear light of international recognition, reason, and perhaps agreement it is not blaming anyone, nor it is asking...
...architect for the aborted extension of the Fogg Art Museum yesterday called President Bok's decision to abandon plans for the new building "tragic" and asserted that construction was set to start when Bok announced his move...
...rather tragic for the Fogg especially" James Stirling said from his home in London. "I was really stunned by the whole thing...
...human realm. The book is also valuable as a slap-in-the face for anyone who has flirted with the idea of a life of self-punishment; for, although Hayman wants to "emphasize what is positive in Kafka's negativism," he cannot help leaving us with the rather tragic picture of a tortured artist who served self-torture more dutifully than...