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After Richard Nixon died in 1994, many pundits, historians and Republican politicians eulogized him as a great but tragic figure who had managed to achieve redemption after slithering away from the Presidency in disgrace. This portrayal is a ludicrous misrepresentation of a man who actually attempted to impose his own brand of vicious and venal fascism on America. Yet, partially due to such revisionism, Nixon is almost certain to fare better in the historical record than his first vice president Spiro Agnew, who died two weeks...
...helicopter crash in February 1995 was a tragic event and a terrible loss for the families and friends of those killed," Rowe said in a statement...
Worldwide, only about 76 babies have been born as a result of PGD. So far the procedure has produced healthy children for parents who were carriers of cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other even rarer genetic conditions. But the procedure is still experimental, and mistakes can be tragic. At least one child has been born with cystic fibrosis as a result of laboratory error...
...decade ago, many a panic-disorder patient ended up as a tragic, misunderstood recluse. But today panic disorder is one of the most treatable mental illnesses. Studies have shown that 70% of patients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes breathing training, "cognitive restructuring" and "exposure therapy." Most patients can be helped by short-acting antianxiety drugs such as Xanax and long-acting antidepressants such as desipramine and imipramine...
...excellent analysis of the legal basis for the tragic American landscape printed in the September issue of Atlantic Monthly, James Howard Kunstler cites zoning codes as the source for our current civic discontent. Originally, zoning was a response to industrialization, a determination by the inhabitants of a town that they would not be overwhelmed by immense factories. After WWII, zoning codes became even more restrictive so as to separate most aspects of life from each other. Today, Kunstler says, "What zoning produces is suburban sprawl, which must be understood as the product of a particular set of instructions.... [This] model...