Word: tragical
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Global warming, tanker spills in Alaska, the Gulf War: the thread running through all these tragic events is America's dependence on oil. Will a former oilman from Texas, George W. Bush [CAMPAIGN 2000, June 21], lead America to a future of alternative fuels? Where does his allegiance lie? In all likelihood the presidential election in 2000 will be a showdown between Bush and Gore, and the emphasis placed on environmental policy will be a clear way to distinguish between the two candidates. Is the public informed and mature enough to understand the importance of moving away from fossil fuels...
...your sorrys in a sack, mister. Beijing wasn?t exactly mollified by a senior U.S. diplomat?s explanation and apology for the Belgrade embassy bombing. Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering?s account of how the "tragic mistake" occurred was dismissed Thursday by China?s Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan as "unconvincing and unacceptable." He demanded that Washington come up with something more than the out-of-date-map explanation, and "severely punish" the individuals responsible before Beijing would consider resuming military and trade talks with...
...attributed to an accidental overdose, political necessity and a Mob hit. Her yummily lurid bio has provided fodder for everything from a failed Broadway musical to Jackie Susann's trash classics to a fictionalized portrait in Miller's play After the Fall. Marilyn's media-drenched image as a tragic dumb blond has become an American archetype, along with the Marlboro Man and the Harley-straddling wild one. Yet biographical trauma, even when packed with celebrities, cannot account for Marilyn's enduring stature as a goddess and postage stamp. Jacqueline Onassis will be remembered for her timeline, for her participation...
...everyone who stood in Tercentenary Theater four years ago has the pleasure of standing there again today. My classmates, Sarah Theresa Craig; Harvard Clarence Nabrit Stephens; Deshaun Raymond Hill; and David L. Okrent graduated from life too early. For me and many of my peers, their tragic deaths were a first experience with mortality. Experiencing their loss helped me to realize that while I may have entered college an eager-eyed teenager, I exit, an adult...
...Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender and Supporters' Alliance renewed its political mission early in the year with the tragic Wyoming murder of Matthew Shepard...