Word: bleakly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University in Washington, ran ads in educational journals for two deanships, one in arts and sciences, the other in the law school. Hundreds of responses poured in, but not a single one, Berendzen noted, was from a black applicant. At about the same time, Patricia Snyder, 42, faced the bleak prospect of having to abandon her graduate studies in anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) because she could not meet her annual tuition and off-campus living expenses of $16,000. If she had left, the department's black graduate- student body would have been reduced...
...prospects for an Ivy League crown look almost as bleak. Cornell (5-0 Ivy) and Columbia (3-0-1)--both '85 victors over the Crimson--are far ahead of the rest of the Ancient Eight pack...
...leaks, the groups reported, "every one of the sites examined is leaking, without exception; and every one is out of compliance with currently applicable regulations." Wastes placed in them from other failed sites may soon have to be picked up and moved once again. The result is a bleak game of chemical leapfrog...
...mind of her own. When the daughter makes noises about the revolution and duty, the mother calmly responds: "You spend your life exactly as I did. Cooking and nannying for other people. An all-purpose female drudge." This assessment of Alice's labors is both accurate and staggeringly bleak. Surely another hoax is at hand? Perhaps Doris Lessing has allowed her name to be used as a pseudonym by some elderly, reactionary male? Not likely. The Good Terrorist has its share of flaws, but Lessing's intelligence and stern conscience come through loud and clear...
Then again, Barbie's active ways may be misleading. For the situation among children is particularly bleak. American youth has got fatter than it was in the '60s, according to HHS tests. Young people spend an average of 13 hours a week in sports or other exercise. They spend three to four times that watching TV and playing video games. Schoolchildren's scores are now declining for strength, power, speed, agility and cardiovascular fitness. The Amateur Athletic Union reports that 36% of youngsters meet its standards for push-ups, high jumps, long jumps, endurance runs and sprints. Just...