Word: bleak
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...Urbania tells the story of Charlie (Dan Futterman), a gay man still mourning the loss of his lover several months before. The film follows Charlie through the bleak New York streets which surround his home, cleverly setting the action on the night when clocks are turned back an hour for Daylight Savings time. It's a storytelling trick that will grow into a powerful metaphor as the film progresses, intensifying the conflict between Charlie's grief and his anger at his loss...
...deter money laundering. Although no specific misdeeds were mentioned, the designation by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering would have made dealings with those countries difficult for major foreign banks. Banking and related services account for 40% of Liechtenstein's economy, and the sanctions promised a bleak future. "It was a real crisis for us," recalls Gerhard Mislik, one of Liechtenstein's senior judges...
...John McWhorter's book Losing the Race [DIVIDING LINE, Aug. 7] has given me considerable food for thought. McWhorter presents a credible hypothesis that a "cult of anti-intellectualism" has affected blacks. That is an interesting perspective, but I hope it is wrong. Otherwise Africa's future is as bleak as its recent past! RICHARD HAVARD Johannesburg...
...school board members don't acknowledge this when they take office, if they act on retaliation rather than facts, the future really will look bleak for the children of Kansas. Their education will be subject to a constant "us against them" fight whose outcome is entirely dependent on whoever is in power at a given time...
...campaign, the NSSF, with the enthusiastic backing of the BATF, is plastering 15,000 dealers with posters, fliers and counter pads depicting a handsome young man being led off to a bleak cell. The slogan: "Don't lie for the other guy. Purchase a gun for someone who can't and buy yourself 10 years in jail." NSSF and BATF officials hope to get girlfriends and pals to balk when they realize they may face severe penalties for making false statements on Form 4473, the federal firearms purchase declaration...