Word: despairing
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...many vaguely concerned Harvard students are still frustrated by what appears to be mindless squabbling between different student groups unable to get along or are tempted to throw their up hands in despair and incomprehension at the violence...
...George Washington can carry the weight. David Gordon Green's ensemble drama reveals emotional breadth on its miniature canvas. It shows that kids share with adults more than we imagine. Anyone, regardless of age, can fall in love or be crushed by it; anyone can surrender to despair and self-loathing, or pursue a dream that others think is folly...
Requiem For a Dream, the latest film effort from Darren Aronofsky '91, might be most effective if it were screened at an ADDICTS anonymous meetings or shown to recovering alcoholics. It is a movie about addiction, but also about the despair that people spiral into by trying to pursue their DREAMS through escaping reality...
Alas, the Baldwin of Baldwins has since backtracked, apparently alarmed by the news that they speak French in France. But his despair over the prospect of a Republican president seems to be shared by many of my Harvard acquaintances, most of whom are prone to declare, with exaggerated horror, that if Bush wins in November I'm going to move to Canada...
With each passing day, end-of-the-world cults hold more appeal for me. I thought about throwing myself off the roof of the Harris County courthouse in despair over the direction of postmillennial American culture. But there are social considerations, peculiar to Texas, that make it difficult for an outsider to pass judgment here. Gold digging is a popular sport in Houston, says Ray Hill, a radio talk-show host. "There's a great tradition of marrying women off to rich...