Word: despairful
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Unfortunately, Quest's new album Midnight Marauders doesn't quite come through. It's not so bad that it's time for complete despair, but then again its many good parts don't point out new directions for the music to take...
...thou "waitrons." More finicky than wine stewards, they'll wrinkle their pierced noses at you if you make an ordering faux-pas. How come they are so cocky? If I could look forward to nothing better than a lifetime of changing soggy filters, I would be the picture of despair...
...violence of the scene while describing it and acting it out, is particularly skillful. The reverse scene, in which the female performers act out the parts of Achilles and Ajax, the perpetrators in the rape, creates a mood of self-assertion which neatly contrasts with the periods of despair. No Second Troy, if only for its subject and delivery, is well worth an hour of your time, and as is so seldom the case, it is also original...
...great disappointment. Every time there's a hint of a breakthrough in the so far futile quest for a cure, the press blares it to the world, raising the hopes of AIDS sufferers. Almost every time, however, the initial excitement gives way to doubts, criticism, caveats and, eventually, renewed despair. And when rival scientists, competing to boost their reputations, as well as help humanity, disagree about the validity of a "breakthrough," no one knows whom or what to believe...
...diaries, in fact, may turn out to be Packwood's greatest despair. After allegations erupted last November that the Oregon Republican had made uninvited sexual advances to 10 female staff members, Packwood first denied any sexual misconduct, then laid blame for his untoward advances on the influence of alcohol, raising both disbelieving hoots and doubts about his probity. As the number of women charging sexual harassment rose to 26, Packwood parried with threats to stamp scarlet letters on his accusers, bringing additional allegations of intimidation. Then last month, under questioning before the Senate ethics committee, Packwood disclosed that...