Word: bleak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student described the painting as "appropriate for an evil child's nursery." Such a remark could once have been the opening for a raucous argument on the merits of modern art. But, until the understudy arrives, life at Harkness, alas, will be bleak...
...Debussy's tricky rhythmic figurations. The only section that suffered a bit from the non-mystical reading was the first Nuages. Here, clouds must somehow be evoked; the orchestral texture must be thick enough to mask entrances and cutoffs. If not, as happened last night, things tend to seem bleak and bit arbitrary...
...both these contributors. His argument that less expensive countermeasures will eventually damage the effectiveness of fallout shelters is not without merit. However, considerations of a political and much broader kind legislate against the advisability of a shelter program. These considerations spring from the world consensus that mankind has a bleak future in a permanent "armsathon," and that no effort to call a halt is too great or too soon. The United States, if she is to contribute her share to diminishing the conflict, must unencumber her defense structure of excessive business interests; she must achieve an alert flexibility in disarmament...
...face of bleak talk about the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson, who has a good record in calling the economic turns, last week took a strong and positive position. Speaking before the joint meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, Anderson said: "It is my view that the outlook for economic activity in this country is favorable, both for the near future and for many years ahead...
...applaud his speeches, second his motions and demonstrate "the unity of the Socialist camp," Nikita Khrushchev brings to New York this week six captive chieftains from the Bleak Lands of Double Think. The men Khrushchev chose to accompany him to the U.N. are the ones who wield real power in Russia's European satellites-though only two hold formal government offices. Of the satellite bosses, only East Germany's Walter Ulbricht is missing: he had to be left behind because his nation does not belong to the U.N. For the West, their arrival is a rare opportunity...