Word: gloom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even in the gloom of last year, when disciplinary action threatened to keep him out of action and a shoulder injury did sideline him for most of the season, Donato still conjured up a miracle assist with two seconds left in overtime in his first game back to beat Princeton...
...Doom and Gloom...
While Healy maintained that he was not "crying gloom and doom," he estimated that the city could maintain its current level of services without a tax increase for only one year...
...wonder that wild rumors fly among Soviet citizens. What is perhaps surprising -- and the surest indicator of growing gloom -- is that the rumors have centered on a coup by the traditionally docile military, and that these rumors tend to grow with every strong denial...
...last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 59% of the adults surveyed said they expect a recession, up from 55% two weeks ago. The vast majority expect conditions to deteriorate: 66% anticipate rising unemployment, 75% foresee higher interest rates, and 86% believe inflation will increase. They have good reason for gloom, beyond the tendency for such fears to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Big oil-price increases act like a stiff tax increase, pulling money out of consumers' pockets and reducing their ability to buy other products. A rule of thumb is that an annual increase...