Word: depressible
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...life is sacred. I have never, nor do I ever intend to (if it is within my means to make such a decision) kill another human being. Yet, I also accept the fact that there are times when other nations or groups of people desire to militarily overcome and/or depress the United States. In these circumstances, there is the potential for tremendous loss of life if no effective resistance is offered. For this reason, I feel it my duty to contribute to our defensive force in order to protect the lives of my family, friends and countrymen. Again, I could...
...also accept the fact that there are times when other nations and groups of people desire to militarily overcome and/or depress the United States. In these circumstances, there is the potential for tremendous loss of life if no effective resistance is offered. For this reason, I felt it my duty to contribute to our defensive force in order to protect the lives of my family, friends and countrymen. Again I could be criticized here as being trite, but I think sincerity and strength of conviction are much stronger than cynicism. Timothy McCormack...
...without the distractions of spectacle or subplot, makes flaws more obvious. In these circumstances, Scorsese and Allen have a natural advantage. Their core following is not big enough to support the grand movie gesture, and they have learned the art of compression that seems to bore, if not actually depress, their ever thrashing colleague...
...sued for damages. Declared Metropolitan Life chairman Creedon: "No one in his right mind wants to invest in corporate bonds anymore." In fact, the LBO binge has created a financial innovation called the "poison put," which guarantees bondholders against the risk of buyouts and other unexpected deals that might depress their holdings...
...this has helped depress the numbers that networks live by. A decade ago, the benchmark of prime-time success was a Nielsen rating of 20. (The rating refers to the percentage of total TV homes that are tuned in to a particular show. The "share" refers to the percentage of homes watching TV that are tuned to that show.) In the 1980-81 season, 28 network series achieved a 20 rating or better; last season only nine did. For many weeks last summer, not a single network show cracked the 20-rating level...