Word: despairing
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...years ago at 54 after heart-bypass surgery, was perhaps Europe's most revered director. Several of his pictures--The Double Life of Veronique, Blue and Red--were swank fables of anomie in which seductive color schemes enveloped gorgeous actresses like a Chanel shroud. The films nearly turned despair into a fashion statement...
...music is your life focus. Expectation, clout and assumption are confronted at every step in the pursuit to create a unique image and style beyond the legacy of a name. From day one of professional music-making, critical scrutiny is unavoidable and blood line becomes a burden. Do not despair: Life is not always so stressful and constricting. Outlets for any interest, especially music, are always open and there is the convenience of instant public recognition even if no one has ever heard your product...
...thing, Japan's has never been a culture that made it easy to admit defeat. This year, in despair over malfeasance investigations and bankruptcies, more than a dozen prominent bureaucrats and businessmen have committed suicide. More important, the changes being discussed go far beyond dropping lifetime employment and closing the doors on a bunch of banks. Critics are calling for a complete overhaul of the much celebrated education system and drastic new environmental regulations, not to mention a reassessment of how Japan will deal with its biggest future headache: the world's most rapidly aging society...
...course this ad will influence the white middle class, but how will it affect an inner-city black kid who can make $250 a week in a regular job but can make $1,000 a week selling drugs? Or the ghetto dwellers who turn to drugs out of despair at ever being able to change their reality? Ad campaigns can be an effective part of an antidrug strategy, but law enforcement needs to be complemented by treatment programs and social programs to keep people off drugs." In other words, convincing America that drugs aren't cool may not be enough...
...second time in as many weeks, the FDA is recalling a drug. This time it's the painkiller Duract, pulled from pharmacy shelves for causing serious liver damage and even death. Don't despair. Doctors can still prescribe nearly 20 similar- and safer-alternatives...