Word: starkly
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Gorbachev was rebutting an argument that American officials dare not make in public and are circumspect about making even in private. Their winks and nods, euphemisms and disclaimers can be translated into one stark sentence that summarizes the only truly strategic thought the U.S. Government has about the 21st century: a Germany "anchored" in NATO is less likely to cause trouble than one that is neutral and nonaligned. Note the verb, with its metaphorical suggestion not only of safety from rough seas but also of a heavy chain and benevolent captivity...
...choice facing Lenin is stark: cede large territories that seem naturally part of his country, or face all-out war without being sure his army is able or willing to fight. At first he is alone in seeking peace; at the end the ballot is almost unanimous. Lenin's mood is not triumphal but exhausted, almost embittered. The last line is "I don't want you to believe me. I want you to understand me." For Soviets that is a haunting answer to the years when blind faith was obligatory. For Americans it is a sorrowful reminder that any leader...
...their place is a stark black and white picture of milk cartons, newspapers, glass and tin cans with one ominious, money-conscious word--"recycle"--scrawled across the cover...
...asking for suicide or actually doing it to them without their permission because they have become too burdensome or costly." The haunting precedent, of course, is the Nazi Holocaust, during which the chronically ill, then the socially unacceptable, and finally all non-Germans were viewed as expendable. In his stark essay "The Humane / Holocaust," Christian author Malcolm Muggeridge notes that "it took no more than three decades to transform a war crime into an act of compassion...
Babies are born with malformed hearts, children suffer from bronchial asthma, and adults struggle with lead poisoning. Suau's stark photographs are but one glimpse of the anguished land left behind by Nicolae Ceausescu, who put Copsa Mica (pop. 6,000) into industrial overdrive. Situated 150 miles northwest of Bucharest, the town is in the county of Sibiu, which was once governed by the late dictator's son Nicu. Likely to go on trial within the next few months, Nicu could receive life imprisonment if convicted. A more appropriate punishment might be to sentence him to spend the rest...