Word: bleakness
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...that surrounded the electrical and steel producers in December melted to tiny hillocks in March that the BCOA has made an attempt to bargain in good faith. It is clear that the onus of the strike rests with the operators and not the miners, most of whom experienced a bleak Christmas in a strike that began last December...
...ultimate solution to the problem of peace. It does suggest, though, that perhaps the best way to capitalize on the momentum left over from Egyptian President Sadat's "sacred mission" is to move towards an Egyptian-Israeli accord. With prospects for successful negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians so bleak, such an accord is the best that can be hoped for at the moment. Egypt, so isolated in the Arab world already, would isolate itself some more; Israel would turn over various occupied territories...
...home, the Country Fried Chicken Shack and the Pancake House close early. By late afternoon, the streets are deserted and the supermarket parking lots empty. Down the side streets, the small, neat clapboard houses are dimly lit, if at all, with porch lights extinguished. Outside of town, along the bleak and muddy roads, stand the idled mines, their gantries tall and silent. The mines are deserted, the clanking equipment is silent, the railroad cars standing empty and forlorn in the rain...
...balanced and perhaps the strongest in De Matha history. The talent is so deep that four De Matha players made the five-man all-star squad at a recent tournament: two starters and two reserves. With half the team returning next year, De Matha's opponents face a bleak future. College and pro basketball fans, on the other hand, have a lot to look forward...
...more dramatic concessions was the administration's agreement not to raise tuition for 1978-79 above $4,825--the level the university's budget committee recommended on February 22. As a result of an increasingly bleak financial picture, there had been talk of another tuition hike besides the $375 hike already announced. But administrators have now agreed not to push for a further increase...