The rest of world envisioned a tragic end for Jackson along these lines.

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Her behavior might have escalated until it reached a tragic end.

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For many Ivorians, the transfer of Mr Gbagbo to The Hague is a tragic end to the political career of a populist and charismatic history professor, who simply was not ready to leave power.

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If anyone might have been expected to meet a desperate, tragic end, back then the safe money would have been on Madonna.

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Besides, samurai believe it is better to fight to a tragic and noble end than to surrender (which, in the corporate world, is equated with being acquired).

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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu called it a "tragic day" and appealed for an end to what he called the "relentless drumbeat of violence" on the city's streets.

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The seed of today's FORBES GLOBAL was planted at an inauspicious time--in the worst days of a tragic, senseless world war, one that brought to an end the first great era of international commerce.

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