Disaster experts have cited Brazil's lack of disaster preparedness in the tragedy and criticized local officials for allowing people to construct dwellings in areas prone to flooding.
They had a look of tragedy".
The tale of how the guy who played Superman on a cheap, forgotten TV series shot himself lacks the grip of tragedy, even pop tragedy, which demands, after all, that the hero once counted.
The lack of a human tragedy produces a slight letdown.
Though thankfully lacking a comparable bite of tragedy, Álvaro López's childhood is no less interesting.
"Let's remember that it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy.
This horrific event, he said, should be a turning point for everyone — "not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy – it did not – but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation".
"If, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse," Mr. Obama said, "let us remember that it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy — it did not — but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation, in a way that would make them proud".
And if, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse, let's remember that it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy, but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation, in a way that would make them proud.
The best passage: And if, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse, let's remember that it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy, but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation, in a way that would make them proud.
I was deeply disappointed then and I still am now, THREE years later, at the lack of responsiveness to this tragedy.
