Word: bleakness
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...With the revelations made in the past week, Americans ought to wonder whether they have ever actually seen this president stare down a storm on his own, and whether he has ever, with the privilege of principle and information on his side, overruled the bleak drumbeat of his éminence grise. And, if not, we may be forced to ask if he is instead merely a overgrown boy, coasting along a dark sea—full of bravado, without a care, and with...
...career.His stellar season reached its apex during the Crimson’s most memorable game of the season—the opening round of Eastern Championships against No. 20 Johns Hopkins. Having played the Blue Jays twice before and falling short each time, Harvard’s chances looked bleak. Both teams traded scores throughout the game, and Voith rose to the occasion, leading all scorers with four goals, including two decisive scores in the fourth quarter to clinch the stunning upset. For his efforts, Voith was voted the Rookie of the Tournament and served as the Crimson?...
Harvard football started the season in unfamiliar territory.Forced to find a replacement for all-time Ivy League leading rusher Clifton Dawson ’07, Harvard’s 2007 campaign looked bleak after two early last-minute losses to Holy Cross and Lehigh dropped the team to 1-2 for the first time in recent memory. But with just one game remaining last November, the Crimson found itself back in the hunt with an undefeated 6-0 mark in the Ancient Eight, on the heels of a six-game win streak, and on the brink of its first...
...perfect conference record on the line at Colgate. With just over two minutes left in regulation, Harvard and the Raiders were deadlocked in a 2-2 tie, and the Crimson found itself with its back to the wall facing a 4-on-3 penalty kill. The situation looked bleak, and Vaillancourt sensed that something needed to be done...
...would be hard-pressed to bail them out. As investors pulled out of the market, the Icelandic krona fell by 27% against the U.S. dollar, the cost of insuring Icelandic debt soared to record levels, and inflation surged, hitting a 20-year high of 12.3% in recent days. That bleak combination has created a widespread perception, trumpeted in the world's financial press, that Iceland is melting...