Word: bleakness
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...this says nothing about Gallo's own demonic charm as Billy or his directorial boldness in juxtaposing the emotional surreality of his story with the bleak reality of his hometown in winter, creating a sort of casual but strangely haunting weirdness...
...Oregon, their male counterparts in Promise Keepers were trying to stage a comeback at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. The originator of the single-sex Christian rally, Promise Keepers created a sensation with its enormous get-together in Washington last October. But that spectacle belied the organization's bleak finances, and P.K. soon announced it was shredding a projected $117 million budget. At the end of March, it laid off its paid staff of 345. At the Washington rally, the head Promise Keeper, Bill McCartney, boldly announced that P.K. would drop the $60 attendance fee, which provided nearly three-quarters...
Prospects have been bleak for sea turtles lately, but at least two species, Kemp's ridley and the loggerhead, are enjoying something of a population boom. New turtle-safe nets and government efforts to protect the animals and their habitat have helped, but experts also credit volunteers who patrol the beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs, protecting and, when necessary, moving the nests...
...trading side is a different story. I run that portfolio more like a retailer than a stock picker. I need to have the merchandise that people want on hand when they want it, and if things turn bleak the next day, I want as little inventory as possible. Sometimes I even agree to deliver in the future some merchandise I don't own, because I think I can buy it later at a cheaper price. (This trading of options on the future prices of stocks originated as a way to "hedge" risks, and it's one of the things hedge...
...promote understanding and tolerance between Catholics and Protestants. "People have been worn down by violence," says Mayor Martin Bradley. "They now realize that there is no need for it, and see the economic benefit for living together." The look of the city reflects the relative tranquillity. Gone are the bleak tenements in the Catholic Bogside and Protestant Fountain areas, which were free-fire zones in the '70s and '80s. In their place is substantial, even charming, public housing. The center of Londonderry is filled with boutiques and restored Georgian buildings...