Word: tragic
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...Lucia's stamps are believed to be still left. Conservationists estimate that 40% of the vertebrates that have become extinct around the world in recent years have died off in the Caribbean. Scientists can only guess how many species of plants are permanently gone. Such losses represent a tragic assault on the splendid diversity of terrestrial life. They deprive us of genetic varieties that could have been valuable for any number of purposes, from supplying natural pharmaceuticals to offering the genes for crossbreeding hardier plants...
...Salvador, an account of her visit to a country that is slowly being destroyed by inbred antagonisms and the misguided efforts of other nations to serve the causes of self-interest and peace at the same time Salvador is short and quickly read Yet Didion's eloquence and the tragic, almost absurd nature of her subject gives this book a weight and power that transcend the limitations imposed by the number of pages. Didion provides not only a brutal look at EI Salvador, but also an agonizing peek at the bell the human condition sometimes becomes...
...system, which she described as "out of date, inequitable and inadequate." Carefully avoiding any mention of the U.S. and the Soviet Union by name, she asked the two superpowers to "give up the use or threat of nuclear weapons." Mrs. Gandhi appealed to Iran and Iraq "to end their tragic war" and demanded respect for the "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians. She said that Israel was "unabashed in its aggression" and predictably named South Africa as "the other notorious outlaw." Mrs. Gandhi also asked vaguely for "early normalcy" in Afghanistan, but, in what many considered an outrageous omission, failed...
...failure of Harris' lawyer, Joel Aurnau, to plead "extreme emotional disturbance" was one in a series of wrong decisions that resulted in a hopeless case for the defense. Aurnau declared that he would settle for nothing but acquittal on the ground that the killing had been a "tragic accident." The jury remained unconvinced...
...There's no doubt at all that the power the government is asserting [by labeling the film 'propaganda'] is a form of censorship," added Tribe. "It's a particularly tragic area for the government to be imposing censorship...