Word: bleaknesses
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...with persuasive details added by a sympathetic storyteller, they sometimes cling to the mind in a way that grander works do not. Reminding us that quite ordinary lives can be overwhelmed by extraordinary passions, these domestic dramas often thrill their listeners with romantic openings only to chill them with bleak conclusions...
...ontological authenticity, accounts for the strong documentary texture of the film. Avoiding the hermetic environment of the studio, Conrad and Dall shoot on location in Cambridge, Boston, Somerville and Framingham. The world seen through the camera--Park Street, Government Center. Ambassador-Brattle cabs, and tired triple-decker houses in bleak neighborhoods--is tangibly familiar and particularly relevant. Sally rides the T. and her friends write messages on her copy of The Harder They Come. Although written two years ago, the script remains timely in its content. This augments the realism; for example, the state, due to decreasing funds for social...
Speaking softly to a crowd which alternately broke into laughter, appluase and scattered hissing, Hite described her conclusions on male sexuality, culled from 7329 questionnaires, as "somewhat bleak at first sight...
...there is bleak pessimism these days in Western Europe when officials talk about unemployment. "What we are up against in all industrial societies is a continuous process of change," a top E.C. official in Brussels explains. "But Europe doesn't have the dynamism of the U.S., nor whatever it is the Japanese have. We have a lovely culture, and we want to keep it, but we have to start thinking about change." -By Henry Muller. Reported by William Blaylock/Paris and Lawrence Malkin/Brussels, with other bureaus...
Things began to look even more bleak after the next two singles matches. Kristen Mertz dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Sharon Hurrell, and freshman Nina VanDyke lost to Jamie Beere...