Word: bleakness
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...letters, which chapter officials said were distributed Tuesday, characterize fraternity brothers as Harvard men "dedicated to the resurrection of Greek life at a school where the social life can be pretty bleak...
...bleak housing estates of northeastern England, where unemployment runs as high as 40%, the closing days of summer produced an outbreak of "hotting" -- the teenage sport of racing stolen cars. Last week, during four nights of disturbances, one full-scale riot raged for five hours on an estate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne that is locally known as "the Bronx." Hundreds of youngsters fire-bombed buildings, wrecked and looted shops and stoned the police...
...that American schools have become a reflection of the nation itself: divided by race, class and aspiration -- and all too often animated by no higher calling than the selfish preservation of the status quo. A decade of educational reforms has produced incremental results, laudable but limited. Against this bleak landscape, Choice might -- just might -- be worth the gamble as a way to radically transform the nation's schools in time to help educate today's children...
Meanwhile, despite optimistic talk about upsurges and turnarounds and lights at the ends of various tunnels, the Bay State economic news remained bleak. Vicious layoffs continued at large corporations, small businesses, newspapers, agencies and schools. Days after laying off nearly half its teachers, the Town of Chelsea went into receivership...
Meanwhile, despite optimistic talk about upsurges and turnarounds and lights at the ends of various tunnels, the Bay State economic news remained bleak. Vicious layoffs continued at large corporations, small businesses, newspapers, agencies and schools. Days after laying off nearly half its teachers, the Town of Chelsea went into receivership...