Word: tragic
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Fueling this growth are several factors: baby boomers with a social-entrepreneurship mind-set and added time in their lives to give back to their communities, such tragic events as Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina, and greater numbers of wealthy individuals with the funds to launch their own nonprofits. But starting a nonprofit is a Herculean effort, requiring patience and determination...
...Lyndon Johnson's Presidency wrecked on the shoals of the Great Society and Vietnam; electoral defeats in the '70s and '80s interrupted only by the (failed) Carter Administration; Clinton's victories in the '90s accompanied by the Republican takeover of Congress. And at the heart of the Democrats' quasi-tragic account, at the very center of the wistful might-have-been-but-wasn't-quite-to-be narrative, is the leader who was cut down before he had the chance fully to lead: Robert Kennedy...
...neighbors, our friends, respected members of this community, and we want them back now!" urges Claudine Rochefort, who leads the Mali-Montfort Association that has rallied townsfolk to denounce the arrests. "This isn't about politics. It's about people reacting with their hearts to what they see as tragic unfairness...
...deported because they don't have the right documents. There's something wrong with that." Added a young Montfortais Malian, "People must know that when these Malians were arrested and told they'd be deported, everything they'd planned and hoped for the future vanished. It's worse than tragic. It's like your entire life dying, but your body being forced to live...
...from his corner of the country recently assaulted national coach Greg Chappell as the Australian legend boarded the team bus. "The expectations are far higher [in the subcontinent]," Chappell told an Indian reporter this week after hearing the news of Woolmer's death. "But in the light of this tragic event, I think we need to take pause and make sure that we don't get too stressed about what is, after all, only a game...