Word: tragic
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From these painful beginnings was forged a classic example of what author Colin Wilson called "the outsider," which Frady describes as a "prodigally gifted but displaced loner who undertakes to compensate for his alienation from the world around him by resorting to extraordinary, and often tragic, exertions to reinvent himself in heroic proportions." In Jackson's case that translated into a total identification with the inspiring struggle of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately for him, his quest has played out in the morally murky aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination, which robbed the movement--and the nation...
Critics have said it. Intellectual poseurs have repeated it. You have snidely asked yourself: "Where does Disney get off making a children's film out of a Victor Hugo's classic, tragic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame? Is Disney not satisfied with mousefying Americana; must they now bastardize French culture as well...
Exactly 364 days after Harvard's tragic 3-3 tie against Brown, the Crimson had a chance for revenge. And what a sweet feeling it was for the squad, as it handed Brown a 1-0 defeat down in Providence, R.I., to capture its first Ivy League title since...
...less tragic but equally disillusioning event was the arrest of two Currier House seniors for the possession and sale of drugs...
...There are fundamental differences, however, between the experiences of blacks and women, and, say, Italians, Asians or Latinos. To begin with, blacks are the only members of American society, besides Native Americans, who did not come to this country voluntarily. In fact, most blacks were brought here in a tragic and violent nature. The emotional and political legacy of slavery and segregation sets aside the black experience from the white and non-white immigrant experience. And women, who obviously are members of all ethnic racial groups, suffer from prejudice that is due more to incorrect perceptions of biological differences than...