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Word: bleakness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the picture is bleak...

Author: By Albert Yoon, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Lacrosse Finds Object; Interrupts Team Practice | 11/21/1987 | See Source »

...perspective is not entirely bleak, however. In Zhao's speech in the 13th Congress, the proposal to reform the political structure popped up. So much for the naysayers. The country knows what it needs to do--and it ought...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Creeping Toward Reform | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

...first time in three years, the coaches--in their annual pre-season poll--did not pick Harvard to win the league title. The mighty Crimson had lost much of its scoring and defensive punch, and things looked bleak for the Cantabs...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Icemen Defy Preseason Expectations | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

...Fatal Infection." In Kathryn Bigelow's bleak, gross, great-looking horror movie Near Dark, an Oklahoma farm lad falls for an alluring blond from parts unknown. She seems interested in him, so why won't she give him a little love bite? Because, as he realizes too late, he will end up with the world's most toxic hickey. His dream girl is a vampire, and abstinence is the only sure precaution against infection. It takes several harrowing nights with her rambunctious vampire pals, who kidnap his kid sister, before he can escape from the Land of the Undead. Near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Killer! Fatal Attraction strikes gold as a parable of sexual guilt | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...first the strategy was purely a matter of debate and speculation. It was the question of the decade. What would the Government do to prevent Black Monday from turning into Bleak '88? Now, less than a month after the stock- market crash, the Reagan Administration's plan has emerged in sharp relief. The main objective: avoid a 1988 recession at almost any cost. That means encouraging the Federal Reserve to pour money into the economy and reduce interest rates. But in doing so, the Administration has had to make a sacrifice, the U.S. dollar. Treasury Secretary James Baker, the chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking The Other Way | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

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