Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Franny Loses A Fight," in The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving. All Hallow's Eve, Irving style. Giant spiders. Heart attacks. Tortured children. A tragic rape. But there's the usual dose of good humor here, and Irving's spirit shines through bigger than the State o' Maine itself. This is Halloween candy to sink your wisdom teeth into, the Snickers bar in the bag of Golden Delicious apples...
...cases of AIDS are really only the tragic, lethal tip of an epidemiological iceberg. Many more individuals, perhaps five to ten times as many, are currently suffering some effects of infection with the AIDS virus. Epidemiologists project that between one and two million individuals have been "exposed" to the virus, meaning they carry the virus and can infect others despite the fact that they currently are healthy...
AIDS will require a serious reevaluation of our values and attitudes concerning sexuality, behavior and disease. The time has come to begin to devise appropriate educational policies to address complex issues raised by this tragic epidemic. Educational programs at all levels, from elementary schools to colleges, must be developed. The necessity of a creative, coordinated and vigorously funded educational response to the AIDS crisis is long overdue...
...SELF-DESTRUCTION OF REPUBLICANS seeking the office of governor might have been tragic, if it weren't so funny--and if the incumbent Democratic governor weren't such a star. After embarrassing revelations that Greg Hyatt was seen nude in his office on several occasions and that Royall Switzer had falsified his war record, the Grand Old Party had trouble finding a good old candidate. Eventually, George Kariotis volunteered, but it doesn't make much difference, considering the phenomenal success run up by Governor Michael S. Dukakis in his second four-year term...
...this supernatural world view is nothing less than tragic. On a personal level, it is tragic for the Steel's to have their sorrow compounded by insinuations that their daughter got what she deserved. And on the political level, it is tragic because it encourages politicians to speak of divine evils instead of working to combat serious problems such as drunk driving...