This generation is facing a "tragedy of the commons" on a profound scale.
"We are aware we are facing a tragedy and time is not on our side," Tomaz Salomao, the Southern African Development Community's executive secretary, said at a midnight news conference.
Those two men, loathed and despised by Chiefs fans all season long as the team has struggled to a 1-10 record, suddenly faced a tragedy more serious by a factor of infinity.
In a pattern familiar to industrial businesses in Europe, Asia and the United States, Mr. Welcker says his company, Schütte, which makes the machines that churn out 80percentt of the world's spark plugs, is facing "a tragedy".
But while Sakic enjoyed success on the ice, he and his team faced a tragedy on the night of December 30 , 1986
As if all of that wasn't bad enough, the country now faces a tragedy of Biblical proportions.
When you connect a human face to a tragedy it is the saddest thing.
Dr. Imitola said that Mr. Gass "puts a human face to a tragedy".
"She's able to bring a human face to a tragedy that is so little known throughout the world".
Mr. Romney has been cautious in his public comments about the attack since his initial response, which was criticized by Mr. Obama and Republicans for being premature and unseemly in the face of a tragedy.
Dr. Baum and other experts emphasize that feelings of shock, disbelief, anger, grief and some symptoms of traumatic stress are entirely normal for anyone in the face of a tragedy of such proportions.
