The world is telling him he must douse the flames, admitting that the intifada has been a tragic failure.

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The only other wide-release debut was the tragic financial failure of Tyler Perry Presents Peeples.

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With a close reading of the evidence, it is hard not to see the Titanic disaster as a tragic example of government failure.

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The Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said every non-combatant death or injury was tragic and an "operational failure".

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And few bands in recent years have experienced as much source material when it comes to personal turmoil: The tragic death of a former band member and a current member's hospitalization after kidney failure helped inspire the band's 2007 album Asleep at Heaven's Gate, one of the decade's most profoundly sad and moving rock records.

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