Word: gloom
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...Some of the gloom and an aura of worthiness persisted even after its rebirth as the Museum of Childhood in 1974. But a visit there became a quiet family pleasure-a treasure chest for kids of toys, games and cool stuff from around the world and across the centuries, and for parents, an invitation to bathe in nostalgia...
...iron shed, an unloved[an error occurred while processing this directive] remnant of the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington that in 1872 was rebuilt in Bethnal Green as a cultural outpost for the museum's overspill, particularly its collection of dolls and children's costumes. Some of the gloom and an aura of worthiness persisted even after its rebirth as the Museum of Childhood in 1974. But a visit there became a quiet family pleasure - a treasure chest for kids of toys, games and cool stuff from around the world and across the centuries, and for parents, an invitation...
...short, the Amman summit did little to persuade Iraqis that things are about to get better anytime soon. But if there was a silver lining in the gloom - and you had to strain your eyes to find it - it was in President Bush's unambiguous thumbs-down to the idea of separating Iraq into three ethnic or sectarian enclaves. Partition may be an intriguing parlor game for foreign-policy wonks in Washington, but like most theoretical plans for Iraq, it was never likely to survive direct contact with ground realities. Save a few fringe figures and Al-Qaeda in Iraq...
...gloom my Arab contacts see one ray of hope-James Baker, the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group. Most Gulf Arabs-Sunnis, to be sure-look at Baker as a friend. Baker was the brains behind the U.N.-sanctioned coalition that drove Saddam out of Kuwait. Baker had the sense to leave Saddam in power, knowing full well the alternative was civil war. The Iraq policy Baker put in place in 1992 gave the Gulf eleven years of peace...
...Nagy's fumbling inexperience - coupled with an insecurity in Moscow, still coming to terms with Stalin's death and the revelation by Nikita Khrushchev of his crimes - play into the hands of hard-liners, encourage them to crush dissent, and hence plunge half of a continent into a gloom that would last for another 33 years? Did the U.S., which had appeared to encourage resistance to Soviet rule - but did nothing to help those who resisted - betray Hungary? What about France and Britain, whose harebrained Suez adventure provided Moscow with a convenient diversion once Khrushchev had decided to restore...