Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tragic gas leak offers a parable of industrial life
After the tragic murder of Indira Gandhi, some Sikhs rejoiced and danced in the streets. There cannot be much happiness left now that death and persecution have come to thousands of them. Why is it that so many people still refuse to see that violence only brings more violence...
...potentially dangerous cost-cutting practices. Among other violations, the FAA contended that the airline falsified safety records, failed to train its pilots properly, postponed aircraft inspections and allowed unqualified mechanics to maintain electrical gear. The emergency grounding gives credence to suspicions that were aroused in September by a tragic error. A propeller-driven PBA plane crash-landed and burned shortly after taking off from a Naples, Fla., airport; one passenger was killed and four others were injured. It was the first fatality in PBA's history. FAA investigators found that a member of PBA's ground crew...
...reviewing the "Van Gogh in Aries" exhibit in New York City [ART, Oct. 22], Robert Hughes notes that the enormous crowds who attend such exhibits make it nearly impossible to see, let alone appreciate, the pictures. This is tragic for observing the works of Van Gogh, which need careful study of the dashes and slashes that create his unique style. This matter concerned Van Gogh as well. While he was at Aries, he wrote to his brother Theo, "When anyone says that such and such is done too fast, you can reply that they have looked at it too quickly...
Bankers and investment-house officials complain that they are being blamed unfairly. Contends Daniel Buser, a spokesman for the American Bankers Association: "To say blanketly that financial institutions are cooperating with organized crime is a tragic remark." John M. Walker Jr., the Treasury Department's chief for enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act, claims most bankers are aware of money-laundering problems and are "looking for ways to cooperate...