Word: bleak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...powers over the city, "home rule" will remain an affront to the democratic rights of every District citizen, Black or white. And as long as the Barry administration continues to betray the trust of the city's residents, the prospects for any effective self-representation in Congress will remain bleak...
That is the subject of intense debate. Sociologist Mayer surveyed children of mixed marriages between ages 16 and 46 and found that a mere 24% considered themselves Jewish. Others, however, insist that the situation is not so bleak. The Dukakis daughters, Andrea and Kara, are probably typical. Kitty says they "think of themselves as half Greek and half Jewish...
...Congress gets to the measure this month, as planned, parental leave may become a reality. With the outlook for a Democratic $2 billion-plus day-care plan increasingly bleak, the bill may be the only solid legislation women get this year for their 10 million-vote differential...
...normal people have already been to sleep at least once already"). But, as in Bright Lights, McInerney is best at being mean; the novel is too shrill, too chill for compassion. Social satire may not demand a big heart, but moralizing does, and when McInerney tries to put a bleak cautionary spin onto the proceedings, the book goes out of control, just like Alison's life, and comes crashing down, leaving no trace...
...tongue rolled down. When Zatopek raced, hearts raced. Whoever his modern descendant might be -- the Moroccan Said Aouita, likely as not -- he will almost certainly be in Seoul. Besides North Korea, only Cuba, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Albania and the Seychelles have demurred. For the first time since the bleak year of 1972, practically the whole world is expected...