Word: tragic
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...Rouge. Gray's attempt to deal wryly with themes on this scale finally fails. His is a dispassionate sensibility, and he is not a strong enough actor -- nor has he a strong enough intelligence -- to fight his way out of the false analogy he has drawn between moviemaking and tragic history in the making. --By Richard Schickel...
...haven't kept up with the best band of the past decade, Jumpers is a 4 1/2-min. refresher course. The lyrics--about considering a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge--read smart on the page, but they take on a tragic intensity in Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker's interwoven vocals...
...power beyond Kabul. But now the Taliban are making a comeback, and Afghanistan is once again the world leader in opium production. The war in Iraq was not necessary. Saddam Hussein had been contained, and he had nothing to do with the 9/11 terrorists. The Iraq invasion was a tragic blunder. Victor M. Silva Hermosa Beach, California...
...doing if it weren't in Iraq?" We could have used the money spent on the war to secure our ports, borders and public transportation and to further any number of domestic projects. Instead, billions have gone into destroying and then rebuilding Iraq. The Iraq invasion was a tragic blunder...
...idea. Columbia, the fleet's pioneer, was named after an old Boston sloop that was the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, carrying a cargo of otter skins to China. Any risk much repeated can become routine, and so it was for shuttle flights, except when they become tragic. That's when we are reminded that knowledge doesn't come easy and that many consequences are unintended, especially when we set off on an adventure...