Sentence examples for tragic business from inspiring English sources

An agreement was signed in London which will give Cyprus self-government, except for the two military bases that Britain is to keep there, and so finally end the tragic business of Greeks, Turks and British killing each other over a deadlocked problem.

By Mollie Panter-Downes The New Yorker, March 7 , 1959P. 138 An agreement was signed in London which will give Cyprus self-government, except for the two military bases that Britain is to keep there, and so finally end the tragic business of Greeks, Turks and British killing each other over a deadlocked problem.

With the refugee crisis and the Russian plane downing in Turkey should I look to cancel?" The travel industry is traditionally reluctant to discuss the impact of tragic events on business, but forward bookings are believed typically to be running at 20 per cent below expected levels.

The Carlos Boozer deal is an absolute tragic anomaly for this business.

Despite the specificity, Dig! captures all that's comic and tragic about the music business in particular and humanity in general, and it's riotously entertaining to watch.

— Pete Campbell gets some tragic news: on a business trip, a flock of seagulls picked up his brother and carried him out over the ocean, where he burst into flames.

"BP became obsessed with image campaigns that diverted money and management attention from its core business with tragic consequences for its workers, the environment and shareholders," says Borelli. "BP should have put money into safety and maintenance, not glitzy PR; their real responsibility is to safely and effectively produce oil".

"I think it's a tragic situation for our business," Pascal said.

Such a venture could not have yielded results any worse than the grim reality of Pro Skater 5, an ugly and ungainly waste of just about everybody's time, and a truly tragic end to a business relationship that had previously produced certifiable classics.

Gail: There's nothing more tragic for people in our business than discovering a government program works just fine.

He also credited his friend Robert Fitzgerald, the poet and translator, with persuading him that "life was tragic" and "literature was serious business".