Word: bleakness
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...that alone? Has Harvard's sense of community really diminished so precipitously? Professor Frankfurter gives us some much-needed perspective: Agonizing over the university's spiritual well-being has been de rigeur for much of the "Harvard century," if not longer. The 1990s may be a bleak time in terms of civic engagement, but at least on a comparative scale, so too were the 1930s...
...surprisingly pro-Dartmouth crowd went into a frenzy as things began to look bleak for the Crimson...
...novel sparkles with the humor of the surreal (in one exchange, Lily asks Ronny "What did you do to yourself?" and is met with "Oh. I caught fire.") and with unusual imagery (Lily is called "every inch a Sea Monkey... Pale and alien and underwater"). But while the bleak humor is generated by the peculiarities of the characters, there is a definite authorial love for the seemingly unlovable characters, a love which transfers to the reader...
...taken a while for the White House to understand that even though Clinton's situation has improved since the G.O.P. released his videotaped testimony, he is still a long way from safety. "These guys think that because things are a little less bleak they're winning!" marvels a Democratic strategist. "As if being the third President in history to face an impeachment inquiry is a victory." Said a House Democratic leadership aide on Tuesday: "Everything's relative. At the White House, any day is a good day if he hasn't been forced to resign. That's where...
...Bill Clinton's presidency. But if you really want to get in on the action (and we know, you've got better things to do), then check out the states. The immediate future of American politics will be decided there this year, and it's a future that looks bleak for Democrats...