Word: bleakly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cosmic real estate goes, few places are less desirable than the moon. Last week, however, the bleak world started to look more hospitable when scientists announced that it is home to a decidedly terrestrial feature: a mammoth field...
...light-starved days of winter encroach on Boston, people yearn for a few glimmers of hope and brightness to illuminate the bleak season looming ahead. They seek an infusion of optimism and beauty to hearten themselves for the icy, dreary months approaching. Such an aesthetic jolt can be found at the invigorating weekly series of Bach cantatas performed at Emmanuel Church in Boston...
...just trying to bring a little happiness into this bleak Ivy league school", he says...
...will be followed by other institutions. But we would like to see the same care and concern that HPSC is devoting to children in places other than universities. If we do not devote resources to children in the form of tangible assistance, the future of America will become increasingly bleak...
...scene the production recovers from its temporary lull, with Mertueil playing cards with her friends and insisting that they "continue with the game." Valmont is dead, Mertueil is alone, and the victims of their plan are left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. It is a bleak but appropriate ending. The petty plotting of the aristocrats has destroyed any hope for happiness, but they must keep up their appearances. If such deceitful events transpired under the pretenses of a classy and restrained society, imagine what would happen if these characters really let loose...