Word: forlornness
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...Street block between Broadway and Church Street, where Century 21 stands idle and forlorn, was boarded up until last week. Passers-by who paused even for a moment?s gawk were scooted away by a police officer?s harsh, exasperated voice: ?Doesn?t anyone know what ?keep moving? means?? Now half of the block is open; the authorities must have decided to give the people what they want. A side ladder on a convenient dumpster (holds 12) allows access to a three-star view of the pyre. Two amiable cops pose for pictures with tourist group after tourist group...
...been before the bombing. Some traffic along the road flowed toward Kandahar?trucks laden with flour, rice and other food, and a single Russian-made Taliban tank?but for the most part, people were headed the other way. There were a few vehicles carrying tires and timber, and a forlorn wedding party in four cars, the still, silent bride draped in green, bound for Pakistan. And then there were the refugees: cabs, wagons and trucks loaded with whatever possessions could be carried: cooking utensils, water buckets, cots, cradles, blankets, chickens, cattle, goats...
...There is one, rather forlorn hope. Behind Shumaker a group of hooting subadolescent orangutans chases one another around a large cage, one of a series of such enclosures in which the 200 or so orangutans inhabiting this rehabilitation center live for five years as they are prepared for release into the wild. There are two other such programs releasing apes into Borneo's dwindling forests...
...Gastronomy MEAT WATCH. As omnivores, we need our pounds of flesh. Yet not since the Beef Jerky Scare of aught-five has the global carving board been more barren. Mad cow, foot-and-mouth and a host of unpalatable soy substitutes have left Type A red-meat lovers forlorn in the produce aisle, desperately trying to assemble a meal from legumes and kasha. Now, resourceful amateur butchers around the globe are proffering alternatives to the traditional Sunday roast. In Bucharest last week, public authorities plastered the city with posters telling consumers how to spot the difference between...
...early as 5:30 p.m. On our side, the real problem at hand is that the no-interhouse policy has not been enforced. Our issue is with the practical problem of having to circle the dining hall of our own house like nomads, loaded trays in our hands and forlorn looks on our faces...