Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with 3 million members, called for a task force to review its strong, 18-year-old prochoice position. And last May the General Conference of the 9.3 million- member United Methodist Church officially moderated the church's prochoice position. The denomination continues to recognize "tragic conflicts of life with life that may justify abortion," but it now condemns its use for "gender selection" or "birth control...
...Northern California a bicyclist whose legs were severely damaged in an accident lay for several hours in a local emergency room waiting for special surgeons. The patient was eventually transferred to a trauma unit in San Francisco, where doctors had to amputate one of his legs. A more tragic case occurred at a Nevada hospital that claimed to specialize in trauma care. A skier with a ruptured spleen died while waiting for a CAT scan ordered by a surgeon who believed the patient's injuries were not immediately life threatening...
...WILDERNESS! Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst perform to Broadway perfection in Eugene O'Neill's only comedy and, in repertory, his tragic Long Day's Journey into Night, though they break scant interpretive ground...
...books chronicle the tragic life and times of Anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. -- Columnist Carl Rowan takes a shot in the dark...
Each year, thousands of lesser-known Americans learn the hard way that buying a handgun does not assure protection, but only future trouble. They buy handguns with the expressed purpose of protecting themselves, only to end up using them during family spats or lovers' quarrels with tragic, unforeseen results...