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...criticism became too great to bear. We will never really know what drove Admiral Mike Boorda to suicide; I believe it was the convergence of two factors: the medical disorder of depression and an extraordinary sense of honor. Severe clinical depression is a fairly common occurrence in Washington. As tragic as is the loss of Admiral Boorda--a man of proven courage and high moral precept--it will be compounded if we don't think hard about how to lower the likelihood of more such calamities...
...killed.) And of the upstart group, ValuJet's rate--3.06 accidents per 100,000 departures, compared with 0.43 for the 14 other low-cost carriers studied--was the second worst (Tower Air was the worst). When asked about this report, Jordan said, "We've had incidents and a tragic accident, and now we are looking forward to a high level of safety...
Your wit is natural to you, almost compulsive, deeply mordant. They're telling you to squelch the one-liners. Don't. It's you, and it's a relief. The pious conniver in the White House lacks the cool tragic sense that produces irony. So go with it, knowing wit is not a substitute for thought but an adornment...
Everclear's major-label debut album, Sparkle and Fade (Capitol), explores life on the emotional and economic edge with passion and wisdom. On songs that range from the tragic realism of Heroin Girl to the lyricism of Queen of the Air, Alexakis and his bandmates, bassist Craig Montoya and drummer Greg Eklund, manage to combine introspection with raw power. "This record is about getting out of bad situations," says Alexakis, a former cocaine user who gave up drugs 12 years ago, and says he's been clean ever since (he's now married and has a three-year-old daughter...
Most offensive was their dubbing Israel a "terrorist" nation. This misnomer puts Israel in the ranks of groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, which actively and intentionally murder civilians to promote their religious fanaticism. Likening bus bombings and katyusha rocket attacks to a tragic and decidedly accidental shelling of a U.N. camp mistakes ends for means: Hezbollah purposely and proudly attacks civilians while Israel take precautions far beyond the call of modern warfare to avoid harming them when possible...