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Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government called the eruption of violence "tragic" in its effect on the recent efforts at peace in the Middle East region...
Unfortunately, neither candidate has said they would have endorsed intervention in Rwanda, where 800,000 people are believed to have been killed in 1994. This is an egregious dismissal of one of the most tragic events of the last decade. We hope the next president shows a more active interest in those countries outside the traditional diplomatic arena that are struggling toward economic development and stable democratic governance. A narrow view of our strategic interests, one that ignores issues of development, health and the environment, will do little to address the real dangers America may face in the new millennium...
...line up along the guardrails of the Tobin Bridge to take the ultimate plunge, one cannot help but think that it should not have come down to this. Common sense and historical wisdom should have prevented Sox fans from once again playing the role of fool in this perennial tragic drama...
Whether they're arrogant showboats who met their match or tragic heroes downed by tough luck, it's the stories of the fallen that could make the Olympics great...
After the former fastest man in the world, Donovan Bailey, battled back from a ruptured achilles and a pulled hamstring just to compete in Sydney, isn't it just a little tragic that a case of the flu forced the 32 year-old to pull up short 50m into his quarterfinal race...