Word: despairful
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...stockbroker for 15 years," says John Guyette of Greeley, Colo., "and I can't recall a feeling of outrage like there's been lately with these stories. And then you see the pictures of the homes these guys are building ..." It's a short road from disgust to despair: What do I do with my money now? Business schools are adding courses on Enron to their fall lineup; a new book, How Companies Lie, promises to help investors see through the smoke and break the mirrors of corporate accounting. People say they have stopped investing and play poker instead...
...mostly for forgotten shows and movies, these bouncy, brittle, worldly and world-weary tunes - "Manhattan," "Blue Moon," "My Funny Valentine," "Where or When," "The Lady Is a Tramp, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," dozens more - sound both today and timeless. They sing (with confident wit) and speak (with confidential despair) about tough hearts ready to break, melt or explode. Rodgers' melodies get you humming, then dreaming, but the subject and style of these songs, their matter and meter, come straight from Hart's heart...
...year-old leader of a religious sect called Nichiren Kenshokai, is a healer and a prophet who envisions a looming calamity for Japan that he alone can avert. "Asai sensei understands" says Kazuhito Suzuki, a disillusioned, young construction worker who professes nothing but disdain for Japan's establishment and despair for the future. "He has the answers...
...what about Spain? The toreros came to Korea to win the Cup and, as usual, went back home singing piercing, lamenting flamenco songs of despair, squandered chances and conspiracies. In short, after struggling past Ireland and failing to bump Korea in traditional fashion, they resorted to the national pastimes of making excuses. They may have somewhat of a point this time, but what about the other 16? The truth is that Spain plays with the flair of the promising matador that always fails to insert the sword in the neck of the bull in the first try, which...
...internal splits over Middle East policy have been out in the open over the past two weeks, with Secretary of State Colin Powell speaking in favor of immediate movement toward some provisional form of Palestinian statehood as a means of creating hope among ordinary Palestinians to counteract the despair on which the extremist organizations feed. But the White House has distanced itself from some of Powell's remarks, and more hawkish elements in the administration are adamantly opposed to any steps they would construe as "rewarding terrorism." The latest bombings may have exacerbated the internal conflict in the administration...