Word: forlorn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those hopes came to a shocking halt on that chilly March night in Bright. The Crimson continued to skate, like forlorn lovers, on Bright's empty ice for two more weeks, hoping desperately that the NCAA tournament committee still had the Christmas spirit. But the boys who dole out the tournament bids (including BU's Jack Parker) had about as much St. Nick in themselves as Michael Milken...
This stunning reversal by Major left his government's economic policy and British politics in turmoil. He rejected all calls for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont, to resign, and even among the government's critics there was a forlorn sense that the crisis had been beyond the ability of anyone in Britain to control. "It wouldn't matter if you put King Kong in the Treasury," complained Tory M.P. and Euro-skeptic Sir Teddy Taylor. "The ^ Germans control our economy...
...years to go before his own re-election challenge, he outtoughed legislators who ultimately cringed at possible voter reaction against them this November. "For the first time in my 10 years here, I was embarrassed to be a member of the legislature," admitted Republican senator Frank Hill. Lamented a forlorn Democratic assemblyman: "We might as well have painted targets on our foreheads...
When Zaks began casting, he believed revivals require stars -- "but after I heard 'I don't think so' a couple of times, I changed my mind." Instead he created a star of his own, choosing Prince as Adelaide, the shopworn showgirl who has been Nathan's forlorn fiance for the past 14 years. She has been building a reputation among insiders since her Tony-nominated turns in Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In the off-Broadway original of Falsettos, now the best new Broadway musical, her portrayal of a middle-class mother abandoned by her husband for another man was compassionate, heartbreaking...
...forlorn way, a sort of collective moral life of the nation gets enacted through the ordeal stories. They dramatize the problem. They dramatize the resolution. Here is a sample Rashomon of rape -- Willie Smith's accuser pacing the lawn with Archpriestess Diane. Here is Mike Tyson. Here is life and death itself: poor Michael Landon slowly dying in full view of the congregation of Johnny Carson and PEOPLE...