Word: bleaknesses
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...able to conquer, it would have let victory dictate the peace. All that said, the settlements-in-the-making in the Middle East and South Africa were hardly involuntary, and they were far from inevitable. Without Rabin and Arafat, the Israelis and Palestinians would have continued down the same bleak, violent road they have followed since 1948. Without Mandela and De Klerk, blacks and whites would have descended into the bloodiest race war in history. In 1993 Rabin and Arafat, Mandela and De Klerk all rose to the occasion before them. Their common genius was that they...
Beyond the ideological dialogue, one of the most powerful aspects of the film is the striking depictions of the bleak geography of the West Bank: dusty olive groves; graffiti-streaked concrete walls; bustling markets; and oppressive barbed wire fences. The everyday life of residents of the city of Nablus is punctuated by the humiliation of checkpoints, reverberating calls to prayer, and the occasional sound of a bomb exploding. The film blatantly contrasts this oppressive landscape with the polished city of Tel Aviv, and the juxtaposition intentionally induces empathetic shock...
...will ever associate with the Sunni killers as fellow citizens or do business with them. Under Saddam Hussein, the Sunnis were for many years a privileged minority. Without Saddam, they are no longer protected. Now, with the legacy of hatred they have engendered, their future is bound to be bleak. Martin H. Gingold Warminster, Pennsylvania...
...well done, and it found amazingly high correlations between the frequency of binge eating and seasonal variation in the brightness of ambient lighting,” says Kasof. With weeks of dark skies in October and snow before Halloween, the forecast for Cambridge seems bleak. Protest as you will that you need the fat to keep warm, the cold winter months might leave you with a sluggish mile time and a muffin top. But don’t worry. Like a crappy Springfest, you can just blame it on the weather...
...Nice Work If You Can Get It Peter Gumbel's article on increasing employment problems across Western Europe [Oct. 3] perfectly highlighted the plight of a bleak, stagnant, not so efficient European labor market. The reasons lie in outdated and wrongheaded policies implemented by local governments that can't cope with the fast and ever-changing rules of the marketplace. In addition, there seems to be an increasing number of young people who are immature, not motivated enough or simply not ready to compete and find a decent job. Discouraged, they rely on poorly paid, insecure jobs or, even worse...