Word: bleaknesses
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...prospects of this rather bleak outcome? About as good as Summers’ chances of getting an American-Indian female professor’s boot in the butt. Yep. That good...
...what is in most cases a non-democratic government, which can do with that wealth what it pleases. So, those in power have no incentive to improve the lot of the majority through democratic or economic reforms. In other words, oil can insulate governments that would otherwise have bleak long term prospects. The result is that oil-rich states develop a powerful, well-armed elite that can do whatever they please—which in the case of Burma, Sudan, and other states is generally an unpleasant mix of oppression, genocide, or warfare. Other states, like Saudi Arabia and other...
...resides in northern California—designs a utopian master plan from afar, instead of clearly delineating the practical steps toward progress that Latin America so desperately needs. The theoretical nature of his proposals implies a lack of urgency that contrasts sharply with the book’s bleak depiction of the continent’s health...
Hackamore (Daniel R. Pecci ’08-’09) and Raoul (Jugo Kapetanovic ’07) lead a bleak existence: they live in a sparsely appointed bunker, into which Hackamore permits no sunlight, and their only diversions from the monotony of exile are Hackamore’s intermittent medical and psychological crises...
Belying the band’s Harvard roots, as an album A + P feels like an application supplement. Wilkis and Kennedy are clearly eager to show their range, from silly to bleak, up-tempo to slow jam, distortion-heavy to crystal clear. They can do three-chord blues (“The Optimist”). They can play with time signatures (“little gigi”). They can be quasi-political (“America”). The rookie nature of the album is further evinced by its acoustics; lamentably, you can often hear just how small their...