Word: dourness
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...that meant that she was also the little sister of Charlie McCarthy, Bergen's cheeky, insulting, wise-guy dummy. A peculiar sibling rivalry existed, in fact, that went far beyond the obvious joke kept alive by newspaper feature writers. Charlie was a startling alter ego for the dour Swedish ventriloquist-that was what Candice Bergen made the act work so well-and he was already a star when Candy was tiny. She remembers that her father would put her on one of his knees, with Charlie sitting on the other, and squeeze the back of her neck, imitating...
...country whose reputation for being dull is only exceeded by its own schizophrenic sense of self, Trudeau became the alter ego--the seducer and inevitable misleader. He played on the nation's vanity and dour self-image, making Ottawa--the greyest of places--a momentary Camelot. Canada wanted a performer and found one in this brilliant intellectual star. But inflation surged, the dollar plummeted, and Trudeau's light faded...
...could reach the $300 billion range by the end of the decade. If that happened, said Feldstein, federal borrowing would be swallowing 75% of American savings and putting powerful upward pressure on interest rates. Even Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, usually an optimist and a critic of Feldstein's dour outlook, admitted that "without proper fiscal and monetary policies, there is a possibility of our slipping back into a recession in the U.S." Unless the Federal Reserve speeds up growth of the U.S. money supply, warned Treasury Under Secretary Beryl Sprinkel, a recession could start this year...
...Dour Broken: Police said someone damaged the front door at Greenough #23 some time between last Friday and Tuesday Police said the lock was separated from the door and the wood surrounding it chipped and splintered...
...same: revivals, British imports and a few ho-hummable musicals. The only serious new American play (Brothers) closed on opening night. Worse, for the main stem's economic and emotional health, there have been no successful romantic comedies in more than a year. It says something dour about Broadway, its playwrights and its audience that the last laugh-till-you-cry hit was Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein's savvy sudser about a not-so-gay drag queen. You may begin to wonder if there are any heterosexuals out there who both feel deeply and write funny...