Word: despairful
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...particular turf is alcoholism and betrayal, in the way that Flannery O'Connor's turf was Catholicism and adult children, or in the way that Ernest Hemingway's was masculinity and killing. Frequently, alcoholism and betrayal work together in Carver's stories--couples sink into drinking binges as they despair over their broken marriages, or alcoholism itself is the grounds for a split...
...corner!" Lott exclaims. "To be in the dressing room! In that room before the fight, just the four of us, our heartbeats are deafening. When it gets really quiet, it's almost a despair. I don't know what it is. Maybe we don't want it to be over." Coming to life on the subject, Tyson says, "That's my favorite time, just before. I'm so calm. The work is over. You fight and you go home. Before or after, I don't respect any of them more than another. What they look like doesn't really matter...
...Christian Democrat rode to the presidency on a wave of popular enthusiasm for two of his electoral promises: to bring El Salvador's civil war to an end and to usher in an era of stability. That hope has long since given way to military stalemate, political confusion, social despair and pervasive corruption. When he took office, Duarte was touted by the Reagan Administration as the man who would bring democracy to El Salvador. But Duarte's populist concern with reform soon buckled under the frustrations of managing an intractable war. "It might not be his fault that there still...
...causes, they were equally disengaged from its consequences. This was not Black Monday all over again. It would not lead to bread lines, or people diving out of buildings. Capitalism would not come up for inspection. The ordinary person on the street was more likely to snicker than despair. Although thousands of small investors were hard hit, everyone identified losses with the young investment banker and his Gold Card...
...activists I am talking about are pessimistic," he says. "They see a world of crisis and horror. I see a lot of promising things going on, but in them I see almost despair," he says...