Word: tragical
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...kidnapping echoed last year's tragic abduction of Exxon executive Sidney Reso, who died after Arthur Seale, a former security officer for the giant oil company, and his wife Irene imprisoned him in a storage locker. While kidnapping is still a relatively rare crime in the U.S., the number of cases investigated by the FBI last year jumped 23%, to 713 cases, 66 of them involving ransoms. The CEOs of big public corporations and entertainment celebrities have become increasingly cautious, installing high-tech security systems and hiring bodyguards. Nowadays, say security experts, the more tempting targets are the wealthy owners...
Letterman's standards and sense of propriety are apparent as well in his choice of material. Writers say he often rejects jokes that stray too close to tragic news events or real-life misfortune. Rob Burnett recalls Letterman turned down a gag for a segment called Charts and Graphs -- "Dyslexics' Favorite Beatles," featuring names like ULAP and OGNRI; the host said it made fun of a serious disability. Comedian Jeff Altman, another Letterman pal from the Comedy Store days, remembers a guest appearance on Late Night in which he made a lewd crack that included the word "genitals." Letterman didn...
...hell I did what I did," Black says. "It was just instinct." Instinct, that is, born of experience. "I've taken handguns out of the purses of little old ladies, and I've had people take a swing at me," she says. While this incident had no tragic ending -- Staten survived the assault and is in stable condition -- Black is wary of what may happen the next time. "You can't deny rapid access to an emergency room," she notes. "But nurses are terrified...
...This is a tragic and disheartening situation for us and for the other Eliot House volunteers, the Jimmy Fund and the many New England families who support this wonderful event each year," said Kolodner and Morrison, who are cooperating with the investigation. "It is our hope that this time-honored event will go forward as planned...
Gone are the tragic images of vacant-eyed skeletal children dying by the thousands in Somali villages. In their place are equally troubling images of shell-shattered civilians and Mogadishu mobs, fists raised in anger against the mounting violence. "It is more dangerous today in Mogadishu than at any time during the civil war," says Howard Bell, country director for the relief agency CARE...