Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mistake to think that California's glory days are over. It is still a land of infinite possibilities--a land not bound by tradition or by guilt. A land where shrimp scampi passes as a pizza topping. It is a tragic land, to be sure. As Christopher Isherwood saw, California "is a tragic country--like Palestine, like every Promised Land...
...California is tragic, but the promise of its "Dream" still beckons many toward its sunny coasts. So, stop feeling sorry for us. Hit me with your best anti-California zinger. I like it that...
However, the syllabus for literature and Arts A35: "Tragic Drama and Human Conflict," which was offered last semester, is a good example of "syllabias." It opens with the goals and themes of the course, playing to students' preference for cozy abstractions over cold, hard facts...
...filler continues: "Its is assumed that the typical student taking the course has studied some Shakespeare in secondary school, and is at least interested in learning more about tragedy as a whole." It seems unlikely that a student would take a class with "Tragic Drama" in the title without having at least a passing interest in the topic...
...would be a tragic mistake to make Massachusetts the Las Vegas of the East," Roosevelt says...