Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defense overkill-more weapons than could ever be needed-we seem to have completely lost control of crime and the conditions that breed it. When Americans see fit to wall in their residential areas and pay to transform their loving pets into vicious guard dogs, our plight is tragic indeed...
...fourth and fifth hours depict President Lyndon Johnson as a tragic figure, torn between desire for peace and belief that the U.S. owed its South Vietnamese ally a debt of loyalty. The sixth hour describes the North Vietnamese, both as they viewed themselves and as they were seen by American prisoners of war, whom they abused and tortured. Subsequent shows chronicle the attempt to "Vietnamize" the conflict by withdrawing U.S. troops, the simultaneous expansion of the war to Cambodia and Laos, North Viet Nam's public relations triumph despite the military failure of its 1968 Tet offensive, the protracted...
...form of birth control--few if any women would take the operation so lightly, and schools must continue their efforts to educate young people about sex and birth control so they will not be confronted with such a painful decision. Rather, federal assistance would ensure that when a potentially tragic situation arises, abortion is a realistic alternative for the underprivileged...
...Saturday's football game against UMass indicates that the days of good humor are gone--leaving behind only bad taste. In a string of "jokes" which left few of the 20,000 spectators laughing, the band made light of the recent deaths of Marines in Lebanon and the tragic downing of Korean Airlines flight 007. Thankfully for traditionalists, the group did wind up its act Saturday by awkwardly converting "UNION" into "PUKE"--certainly no mean feat...
Friends and scholars agree that Aquino's death means loss to the Philippines, made all the more tragic because Aquino's new, nonviolent approach to leadership offered promise for leading his country back to democracy. "It was a case of not only years wasted, but a waste of life," says Pye. "The country cannot afford to deny itself the benefit of a man like Ninoy...