Word: bleakfully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason" and his failure to take account of the "problems, or even the concept, of representative government." Alas, Mr. Kennan sounds rather more romantic than Reich sounds utopian. To call for "frank recognition" and "public discussion" of our problems (and the sketch Kennan offers is every bit as bleak as Reich's), for legislative reforms and basically political solutions, is romantic. Recognition and reform will not come without a change of consciousness; with a change of consciousness they are inevitable...
...directors said that there is little chance the theatre will reopen this season. "Despite Brel's expected capacity to earn its way, the prospects for the Warrenton Street playhouse are bleak," they said...
...Dance the Eagle to Sleep, her second novel, she follows the stress lines of U.S. society a few years into a bleak future. A very few years, because in the book's untroubled beginning it is not clear that anything has changed. The author introduces Shawn, an 18-year-old prep school senior who is a hugely successful rock singer: "In classes just enough juice flowed to light a few circuits; but when he was working with the group every switch turned on." Lucky Shawn. Recording profits turn into trust funds as he rides easy with the groupies...
Dean Dunlop then painted a bleak picture of the Faculty's financial situation. Dunlop said that "strong measures"-including a reduction-will be needed to prevent a "far too large" $15 million deficit in the Faculty's budget next year-even with a $200 a year tuition increase...
...past quarter-century. He notes that barnacles hitchhike to new climes by attaching themselves to whales, sailfish and ships' bottoms. Like some commuters who are forced to transfer from train to bus or taxi, Adélie penguins migrate using an integrated transport system. They toddle across the bleak Antarctic icecap on foot, swim in the icy sea and cruise lazily on drifting ice floes...