Word: bleakness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...prevailing fog that has occluded the administration’s plans for J-term lifted momentarily this past weekend, but the forecast looks bleak nonetheless. At a question-and-answer session for junior parents this past Friday, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris informed parents that housing at the College during January of next year—which will no longer host reading period or exams—might only be granted to international students, athletes, and other special-interest groups. This sudden revelation is emblematic of the disturbing mixed signals that the student body is now receiving about...
...letter last month to the Harvard community, Faust announced that the construction of the $1 billion science complex would be slowed following bleak projections for the University’s endowment that could plummet as much as 30% in the year ending on June...
...Nothing is funnier than unhappiness,” trash can-dwelling Nell says in the American Repertory Theatre’s current production of Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame.” Indeed, the bleak world and hopeless characters become darkly, sadly funny and wholly human in the hands of a capable team of actors and designers headed by director Marcus Stern. The phenomenal acting, skillful directing, and stunning creative vision of the play—which runs through March 15 at the Loeb Drama Center—produce a near-perfect experience of Beckett?...
...facto source of power and authority through murder and intimidation. Although this movie is about Italian crime syndicates, this is no modern rendition with glorifying elements like “The Godfather” or even “Goodfellas.” Visually speaking, the movie is bleak and almost completely devoid of entertainment for entertainment’s sake. Many of the movie’s scenes take place in the bombed-out public housing high rises within the city’s notorious suburbs, where drug dealers openly conduct business and warfare even when the cameras have...
...honest, as of today, the situation looks pretty bleak," says Tjossem of the International Rescue Committee. "I hope we will be able to establish a dialogue and convince the government that we provide a valuable service. We are being told one thing, and we need to reengage, and I'm not sure how easy that's going...