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...Billy Jack Saylor, a Campbell University wrestler, died of a heart attack while trying to shed pounds before dawn. Saylor was riding a stationary bike while wearing a rubber suit--a common technique used to lose water-weight. While Saylor's death through dehydration may have seemed like a tragic fluke to some, November had yet another shocking event in store...
Should we explain Bill Clinton that way? Bill Clinton and Lyndon Johnson were different in this: L.B.J. was unmistakably, with all his faults, a grownup man; his downfall--brought on when his Great Society got lost in the war he would not or could not escape--had a tragic size and weight. Clinton remains a very bright End of History boy-man. There is something trivial and unnecessary in his travails, and even if they lead to his downfall, they will seem sordidly silly...
...well-groomed intermediate slope, playing a game with his children, something many of us have done without incident for nearly 20 years. Like all sports, including ski racing and ski jumping, ski football has an inherent risk, but Michael's death was far from reckless; it was a tragic accident. BLAKE FLEETWOOD New York City
...Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States. Although abortion should not be the only issue a citizen considers in the voting booth, it certainly must be considered an important one. The legalization of abortion was a watershed for the validity of individual rights, but a tragic miscalculation of who can enjoy those rights...
...weeks ago, a couple won a wrongful birth suit against the Columbia/HCA Hospital Corporation that had gone to extraordinary lengths to save the life of their child born with severe birth defects. Although surely a desperate and tragic situation for these parents, how much more desperate and tragic is it that this nation is coming to value the quality of life over life itself...