Word: bleaknesses
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...strike from classes, in protest of a new labor law, known as the Contrat Première Embauche. The law will allow employers to fire workers under 26 within a two-year trial period without advance notice. People opposed to the law fear it will worsen the already bleak job market for the younger generation. Harvard students studying abroad in France expressed mixed reactions about how the riots were affecting them. “At first I was slightly annoyed,” said Kate Wang ’07, who is studying at the Sorbonne. But as the strike...
...Rada could unleash the violence and disintegration the revolution avoided. "The country will not endure the ensuing confrontation," says Lytvyn. "Its stamina is exhausted." Fair elections are a legacy of the orange revolution. But denied an upbeat, Hollywood ending, Ukraine's political narrative could still turn into something as bleak and ambiguous as a cold war thriller...
...defiant statement: “No one should be imprisoned—not even for a second—for expressing an opinion.”Journalists are not the only ones who suffer under today’s Iranian government. Women, homosexuals, and minorities also face a bleak existence. According to Human Rights Watch, four Iranians were publicly hung last year for engaging in homosexual acts. Females no longer have their lips sliced off for wearing lipstick, but they are barred from holding positions of significant power. (Eighty-nine women had their candidacy for presidency rejected simply because...
...amidst reverb-loaded guitars and squeaky clean production. But whereas Interpol, especially on “Turn on the Bright Lights,” threaten to sprawl into bloated, albeit atmospheric, songs, Editors maintain the same calculated, tight sound throughout. Alas, like Interpol, Editors suffer from mediocre and repetitively bleak lyrics. Because their vocal range and guitar style is already rather limited, lyrical diversity could have provided Editors with much-needed variety, but instead the tedious lyrics only compound the band’s repetitive sound. On the first track, “Lights,” Smith announces...
...funny moments, “Tristram Shandy” is geared toward those who love eighteenth century British literatur, Fassbinder, slapstick comedy, and “The X-Files.” Yes, Gillian Anderson appears, playing herself. Watch her in PBS’ remake of “Bleak House” instead. Ironically enough, it’s funnier...