Word: bleak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French force trapped in the small North Vietnamese valley of Dienbienphu was slowly being decimated by the Viet Minh. The Communists, entrenched in the surrounding hills, kept up such a deadly hail of flak that resupply flights to the defenders were down to a dribble. In those bleak days of April 1954, only one thing could have saved the besieged garrison: American help. That help was denied-and, according to French-born Historian Bernard B. Fall, it was largely because of objections by then Senate Minority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Had the decision gone the other way, Fall argues...
Midwinter is the cruelest time for restless Senators: the President has all the lines, while Congress listens and in visibly adjusts. For Robert Kennedy, this season has been especially bleak because of the unfavorable and boring publicity surrounding the Manchester book controversy. All in all, an excellent moment for a selective tour of Western European capitals-to pick up some information, be cooed at by statesmen, oohed at by everyman, and make a few headlines at home having nothing to do with that book. Which is exactly what happened...
...workers trudged to their jobs, a heavy fog blanketed the bleak and grimy town. It hung suspended in the stagnant air while local businesses-steel mills, a wire factory, zinc and coke plants-continued to spew waste gases, zinc fumes, coal smoke and fly ash into the lowering darkness. The atmosphere thickened. Grime began to fall out of the smog, covering homes, sidewalks and streets with a black coating in which pedestrians and automobiles left distinct footprints and tire tracks. Within 48 hours, visibility had become so bad that residents had difficulty finding their way home...
...Liunis' age (both are 48), income ($8,900) and the fact that, while they are dark-eyed and swarthy Italian-Americans, Beth is a blue-eyed blonde. Not surprisingly, a county court overruled the commissioner, but the national publicity that surrounded the case gave a falsely bleak picture of the state of adoptions in the U.S. today...
What the U.S. needs is more and better repertory theaters. The Lincoln Center Repertory Company opened in 1964 with great expectations but it has been a bleak house...