Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mother searching for her kidnaped child, appears first at the back of the hanamichi, the runway used for important entrances and exits that extends from the stage well out into the audience. Her torturous progress in slow, halting steps shows her distraught emotional state and firmly establishes the tragic mood...
...work of epic sweep. Set during the wars of the 12th century, it relates the terrible dilemma of General Kumagai, who must kill his own son to spare the life of an enemy whose mother had helped him long ago. Playing the general, Kanzaburo is a figure of universal, tragic stature who is shattered by his act. An accomplished, versatile actor, Kanzaburo also displays a sly comedic sense as the errant husband in Migawari-zazen...
Your issue "The Spoils of War" did a good job of elucidating what a tragic story a world at war creates. One realizes what a fragile bond it is that makes us humans first and nations second. It seems that nationalism bolstered by propaganda outweighs our natural instinct for survival. One can only hope that out of the ashes of war will rise a phoenix of peace...
...over the past few months, Kushner has been in demand as a speaker at conventions and forums throughout the East. Physicians seem to find his message relevant. "A doctor may be coming to one tragic situation from something far worse," explains Kushner, "and just by comparison would not take somebody's grief and fear seriously enough." Kushner's counsel amounts to a kind of sensitivity training. He advises survivors not to indulge in grief-inspired faultfinding. Says Kushner: "People are so desperate to make sense of the world that they make sense of it by blaming themselves...
Ultimately, the Palestinians must and will get a homeland. They have a distinct culture and heritage. But like the Israelis, they are victims. They paid a horrendous price when the Arabs refused to go along with the U.N. partition in 1948. And they continue to live a wretched, tragic existence because of the PLO refusal to accept Israel's determined survival...