Word: gloom
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...MARC FABER Emerging-markets expert and publisher of the monthly investment newsletter The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report Thaksin has the support of the rural population, but the urban population in Bangkok is strongly opposed to him, especially the intellectuals. They argue that he is buying votes in the countryside, which is to some extent true. Voters in the countryside are shipped to rallies in buses and given free food. But this isn't something unique to Thailand or Thaksin by any means. It is the dark side of democracy. Many other politicians all over the world do the same thing...
When dreary news seems to cover Cambridge in a palpable gloom, our New Haven brethren put the shade into perspective with drastic events of their...
...Wednesday's four medals--all by women--were promptly buried in the avalanche of gloom accompanying the loss that night by Canada's defending Olympic champion men's hockey team. Some $90 million of NHL talent was bounced from the Games by Russia, a turn of events team boss Wayne Gretzky called "absolutely devastating...
...only end in tears, as well as a plethora of depressing Facebook photo albums with names like “Senior Spring – WOOHOO!!!!!” and “KRUNKed @ Spee Pajama Jam!” But it’s not all doom and gloom. Don’t forget that upon returning from intersession, you get a fresh $50 recharge on your Board Plus account—cash back! More importantly, seniors find themselves at the first juncture in their college lives where it’s actually reasonable to start peaking without fear...
...gloom amid boom is a comment more on our national mood swings than on the state of our economy or scientific culture. If we can just keep our heads, take our meds and resist fear itself, we'll do just fine...