Word: gloom
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...Reagan and Congress ponder their moves, the gloom grows...
...welcoming speech, Prime Minister Menachem Begin declared: "I would like to tell all the prophets of doom and gloom to come to Jerusalem and see all the shining eyes. Then they would know that Israel is not alone." Among those applauding were Christians from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and India, none of which even has diplomatic relations with Israel. However, a few religious Israelis, foes of Christian missionaries in the Holy Land, were less than delighted...
...Washington's optimism soon turned to gloom. Just after 9 a.m. Reagan received his first detailed briefing from National Security Adviser Richard Allen. As Allen described the attack, Reagan mumbled repeatedly, "Good Lord, good Lord." At 11:15 a.m. the White House Situation Room confirmed that Sadat was dead. On Capitol Hill, Vice President George Bush was informed of the tragic news in a phone call from his chief of staff. Bush promptly relayed word to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who announced Sadat's passing to the Senate. The White House, however, quickly disowned the statement and refused...
Among the olive-drab trains herded in the gloom of Paris' Gare de Lyon, the newcomer stands out like a peacock in a barnyard. Low-slung, sleek and chic, a space-age apparition in orange, gray and white, this peacock can fly. It is the fastest train on earth, capable of 236 m.p.h...
...most recent gloom-and-doom predictions came from the Urban Institute in Washington. It was built on groundbreaking studies conducted by Martin S. Feldstein '61, professor of Economics and director of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Institute economists calculated that individual donations to institutions should drop many billions of dollars lower between 1981 and 1984 than they might have been under the old tax laws...