Word: tragic
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...agreed with the reform communists in their admiration for the Prague Spring and its principles. The dissident Nobel Prize-winning physicist Andrei Sakharov was the leader of this democratic movement. He wrote in his memoirs that the crushing of the Prague Spring was one of the most tragic events of Russia's history, "but fire burned beneath the ashes," he concluded...
...natural attitude toward alcohol-related incidents in college. Unfortunately, negative incidents occur every day, and one day they will affect you or someone you know. Last week, one of these incidents occurred right here at the University. Though this is not a rare occurrence, it was a tragic one. It was an incident that should not go unnoticed by the University community...
Though newest to the scene, "Party of Five" has already captured a devoted following at Harvard and beyond. The show tells the story of the five Salinger children whose parents died in a tragic car accident, leaving them to fend for themselves. "Party of Five" capitalizes on the image of being more "down to earth" than "Beverly Hills 90210" or "Melrose Place." The critics agree, having awarded Party of Five the Golden Globe for Best Drama...
...moment, there appeared little reason to fear that this first case, however tragic, represented the start of a pandemic. Says Fukuda: "I left thinking, 'You know, this is probably some odd, sporadic thing...
...Chambliss responded, hoping his act of terror, the 21st bombing in Birmingham since 1956, would leave blacks begging for segregation. In fact, the blast energized the civil rights movement. Lee's eloquent film does justice to the young martyrs and to those who guaranteed that the girls' deaths, while tragic, would not also be meaningless...