Word: darkest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...historian," he muses, "it seems particularly appropriate to me that at the darkest time of the year, we should have lights emanating out from trees that lead us out to our very ancient common roots in our cultures. Perhaps we can find some common basis for sharing in these celebrations...
...display seemingly unrelated Southern California scenes, from gardens and swimming pools to the L.A. riots). Cries of anguish come from the clowns, and the playfully romantic final scene, in which Portia teases Bassanio for giving away her ring to the lawyer she played in disguise, is reimagined as the darkest, most poisonously unsettling passage in the play...
...truth is, however, that the era of "English cozies" -- the ladylike, death-stalks-the-vicarage sort of teacup rattler that grannies used to write and read -- is mostly over and widely unmourned. Nor is it necessary these days for women who want to write about the darkest crimes -- P.D. James comes to mind -- to confect not-quite-believable male investigators. It's not a surprise that among the grittiest of this season's crime novels are three written by and about women...
When so much of the day's job involves exposure to the darkest corners of human nature, cynicism and denial serve as a handy emotional vaccine. But that coldness can take a personal toll; and at worst, the day's violence bleeds into the home. In a study by Arizona State University sociologist Leanor Boulin-Johnson of 728 officers in two East Coast departments, some 40% responded that "they had gotten out of control and behaved violently against their spouse and children." Last week in Alexandria, Louisiana, deputy sheriff Paul Broussard shot his estranged wife Andrea five times because...
...says something about Stephen Sondheim that being in love for the first time in his 64 years -- as he recently acknowledged he is -- has evoked the darkest, most depressing show of his career. Passion, the only memorable musical of the Broadway season, portrays the romantic obsession of a penniless, ugly and dying woman for a kind, handsome and accomplished soldier. By the end, she is dead, he has been driven insane, the man who introduced ; them has been gravely wounded, and a doctor who fostered the relationship has been burdened with guilt that will last a lifetime. The audience...