No device of man can remove the tragedy from war.

CNN: Bush: Iraq is one victory in war on terror

"The Gulf of Mexico explosion was a terrible tragedy for which--as the man in charge of BP when it happened--I will always feel a deep responsibility, regardless of where blame is ultimately found to lie, " Hayward said.

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Pantelis Kapsis, a Greek government spokesman, told reporters the man's death was "a human tragedy" but said the exact circumstances were still unknown, according to a government website.

CNN: Reports: Suicide victim cites Greek austerity

This weekend also brings Atonement, in which a lie told by a 13-year-old schoolgirl wrecks a number of lives, and Grace Is Gone, in which a man trying to shield his preteen daughters from tragedy discovers that they're more resilient than he is.

NPR: This Season, the Scrappy Heroes Are Wearing Skirts

His marriage to Marilyn Monroe was a tragedy waiting to happen, the coupling of an insular, wary man to an insecure, spotlight-craving sex goddess, and Cramer describes it fearlessly.

CNN: Books - Fall from grace

To a man, the Chiefs players say they did not see this tragedy coming.

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We see Lincoln less as the noble hero and more as the wise-cracking politician here, and the broken man beneath that half-smiling exterior, crooked under the weight of tragedy and responsibility that sit upon his shoulders.

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I'm the man who gets up and goes to work every day, in spite of the tragedy, because he still has a family to feed.

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