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Word: tragically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just as he could never forget the face of the little girl whose tragic and unnecessary death he witnessed, I don't think I ever will forget the representative whose tragic and unnecessary death was a blow to all who work for human compassion and against injustice. May his memory inspire each of us to work for social justice and human dignity everywhere...

Author: By Rob Greenstein, | Title: A Tribute to Mickey Leland | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...know, the two accidents just may have been tragic coincidences, and DC-10s could be perfectly safe to fly. But there are enough similarities between the incidents to alarm frequent and infrequent flyers alike...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: The Safest Way to Go? | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

Bush did not take kindly to the charges. In a Rose Garden ceremony Friday, the President inserted into his prepared remarks a pointed rejoinder to his critics. "Anyone who allows political bickering to weaken our progress against pollution," said Bush, "does a tragic disservice to every city in America and to every American who wants and deserves clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Hot Air, Then Clean Air | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...plan afloat, but each move served only to further sour relations with Israel. When Washington passed word that it hoped the Israeli government would remain intact, Labor leaders denounced the bid as a "gross interference in Israel's internal affairs." When the Bush Administration described as "senseless and tragic" a Palestinian attack on % an Israeli bus two weeks ago that resulted in 14 deaths, Israeli officials were furious that the U.S. had not denounced the act as terrorism. And when a U.S. official implied that Israel and the P.L.O., using American intermediaries, had engaged in secret contacts, Labor and Likud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Why Is This Man So Glum? | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

They are the commonplace tragedies that occur every day in communities across the U.S. The smoldering anger between a husband and wife ignites and ends with a pistol shot. The suffocating weight of depression vanishes, with gunfire, into the imagined peace of death. A hunting trip turns tragic, and a family is destroyed. The stupidity of playing with a loaded weapon leaves a young boy dead. The momentary incivility of a pair of barroom brawlers results in bloody death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Deadly Days | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

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