Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really does have many good stories to tell, as we would expect her to after 50 years of wandering aimlessly around. Unfortunately, though, both her anecdotes and her comments, genuine as they are, get tiresome. Too many small, talented beggars and quaint roadside cafes, too many slightly tragic principalities with curious histories litter the pages of this book. The nations and cultures blur into each other: Luxembourg, San Marino, Monaco, Andorra are each different but by the end of the book seem remarkably similar and indistinguishable. After hearing about the Brittons, Sorbs, Wends and Karaim, it becomes difficult to remember...
While local universities have recently seen several alcohol-related deaths, most notably the tragic death of MIT first-year Scott Krueger, these were a result of unsafe party and fraternity environments, rather than underage drinking. Laws governing the purchase of alcohol have been around for quite a long time. Never before has the CPD exhibited such zeal with regard to their enforcement. If the problem of underage drinking had worsened recently, this might be understandable. "Cops in Shops" is a crackdown that is not justified by any real threat to public safety...
With great sorrow, the Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association (HCSSA) mourns the tragic loss of Hailei Ge, a fellow Chinese student in computer science who just came to Harvard and this country two months ago. Hailei died in an apparent suicide; his death sent shock waves through Chinese communities across the nation. We hope a lesson can be learned from this heart-wrenching tragedy. In this letter, we will address several issues pertinent to Harvard University, offer some suggestions and look forward to working constructively with the school to improve the present conditions...
Despite their violent and dehumanizing environment, Max and Horst's relationship deepens into love, and finally--in a tragic conclusion which recapitulates the movie's insistence on displaying powerful images of the horrors of the Holocaust--Max is forced to examine his convictions and his own identity. The film's evident main theme: the ability of the human spirit to escape even the most hopeless of prisons, so long as the individual understands and takes pride in itself...
Coppola's venture into the mainstream is a difficult one to watch, mainly because we know what he can be capable of. There is none of the storytelling grace that was a trademark of his earlier pictures. With Jack and now John Grisham's The Rainmaker, there is the tragic possibility that Coppola is in a disconcerting decline. Indeed, there is a sad moment in Rainmaker when Rudy is introduced to the sleazy lawyer Bruiser (Mickey Rourke). Bruiser's office is appropriately gloomy and uninviting--there is a tank of menacing sharks stationed behind his desk. We smile...