Word: bleak
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...rays of sunshine. The clarity of his words and position gave hope to citizens who were tired of hearing horror stories about the deficit while watching its continued rise. Now that the Whiz Kid is leaving, the weather outlook is gloomy, and the chances for reducing the deficit seem bleak. Betty Driscoll Monkton...
...staffers promptly voted to stage a one-day strike this week to protest the cancellation. The Association of British Editors called the BBC action "a betrayal of its own best traditions." Declared an editorial in the liberal daily Guardian: "The portents for the future are bleak. A Prime Minister or Home Secretary can denounce something they haven't seen and watch the BBC watchdogs slink to the back of their kennels...
...harsh crystal sunlight of a South African winter, the black township of Daveyton (pop. 30,000) is a bleak monument to the law of the land: that blacks and whites shall live apart. Near the entrance to the township a large sign promises the people of Daveyton a POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. But the little concrete houses that line the treeless streets, the dry, packed earth that everywhere passes for a garden, and the acrid smell of coal fires in the early-morning air are evidence of a far different reality. Last week the people...
...cross their territories. New Zealand's ruling Labor Party has refused to allow port calls by nuclear-powered or -armed warships. Last week Prime Minister David Lange said he plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year to make the ban permanent. EL SALVADOR The Bishops' Bleak Warning...
...time to cover the fighting in Italy and France, then accompanied General Douglas MacArthur's campaign in the Philippines, where he took one of the war's best-known shots: Mac Arthur sloshing onto the beach at Luzon. For a home front with fresh memories of the war's bleak beginnings, it was more than a picture; it was an encapsulation of every hope. Forty years later, we see not just the redoubtable general but also the canny military showman who knows that victory is the ultimate photo opportunity...