Word: bleak
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...almost any reckoning, the church's legal future looks bleak. Boston alone is up against as many as 450 separate claims of sexual abuse. Plaintiffs' attorneys in California and New Mexico say they have received dozens of new allegations in recent weeks. In Milwaukee, the reverberations of last week's disclosure have only begun. The longer the church has to fight to protect its assets, the more likely it is that the real cost will be measured in faith. --Reported by John U. Bacon/Ann Arbor, Laura Bradford and Julie Rawe/New York, Matt Kelly/Providence, Adam Pitluk/Dallas and Sean Scully/Los Angeles
...Dilshada and Zahoor Ahmed Sheikh faced that bleak reality when their son Khalid was 16. Khalid was looking up to some dangerous role models: a few older friends who had gone across the border to Pakistan to join up with the anti-India insurgency raging in Kashmir. He developed a schoolboy enthusiasm for AK-47s. Then Khalid announced there was no point studying because, in his words, "Everyone is going to die anyway." The couple had to make a decision. "We summoned up our courage," says mother Dilshada, "and sent him away...
...time when the job market still seems bleak, the outlook for Alex and Cindi Ignatovsky, both 33, could not be much brighter. After trying out a number of different careers, the Aptos, Calif., couple have recently discovered their true callings. Alex, who had been a paralegal and had also done a brief stint as an insurance salesman, has just started working as a juvenile-probation officer, helping kids wend their way through the crowded criminal-justice system. Cindi, who previously was an editor and a graphic designer, is now busy finishing up an intensive, multiyear program to become an acupuncturist...
...that point, Fu’s prospects for a return to the team looked bleak...
When Kutner received a questionable red card with 6:58 to play, things looked bleak for the Crimson. But the players stayed calm...