Word: bleakest
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...taking the bleakest view is not entirely warranted. More than 500 years ago, Grand Duke Ivan III, the founder of the Russian state, silenced the special bell that summoned the Novgorod veche, but its notes have sounded, however faintly, throughout Russian history. The same nation that bowed down to Joseph Stalin also produced fearless spokesmen for freedom like Andrei Sakharov. Today, for the first time, democracy is of concern to a large number of people, not just a small group of dissidents. Long used to viewing freedom as a gift to be bestowed from on high, ordinary citizens have begun...
Indeed, an edgy mood permeates the West Wing. Senior officials renowned for optimism on the bleakest of days are spiteful in private and pessimistic in public. Party leaders wonder whether Clinton can or should seek a second term -- or whether to turn to Al Gore instead. Agency executives and Democrats on - Capitol Hill complain that decision making has nearly halted while Clinton remains huddled with top aides. "We're in uncharted waters," said a White House official, "and nobody has their bearings...
...bleakest moment for Bill Clinton's No. 1 domestic goal came abruptly last Tuesday. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan suddenly adjourned his Finance Committee in frustration after just one hour of talking about health-care reform. Though two committees and a subcommittee in the House and Senate have already passed reform bills resembling President Clinton's proposal, even the supporters of those plans concede that none have the votes to become law. Moynihan's committee is key, in part because its composition -- 11 Democrats, half of whom are moderate to conservate, and nine Republicans -- closely mirrors the Senate as a whole...
...Class of '93 moves into the bleakest job market since the Depression and the tightest competition ever for professional schools, we know we will be the class to face the "hard truths" of the '90s. Are we prepared to face a world that has changed so dramatically since we got to Cambridge...
...going through some very trying times (Gert had been in a car accident over the summer and both of them had severe financial difficulties), I do not believe that they would have given up hope and committed suicide. Petra was always full of enthusiasm and hope, even at the bleakest and most frustrating moments...