Word: glummest
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...launched. It was designed to work like a Dow Jones average of attitude. At least 1,000 people are surveyed daily, 350 days a year. (You can see how happy people are broken down by congressional district; Utah turns out to be the merriest state, West Virginia the glummest.) When the markets tanked last fall, happiness did too, and anyone who has lost his or her job, house or health care is probably still in a world of pain. But here's the funny thing: by this past summer, overall well-being was higher than it was in the summer...
...change is indeed coming. Even the glummest Zimbabwean will acknowledge the reopening of schools, hospitals, shops and factories. And Tsvangirai is adjusting well to his new role, successfully seizing the political initiative from the man who has held it for more than a generation. The contrast between the two leaders was never greater than on Tsvangirai's recent foreign tour, during which he was feted by President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. At an African Union summit in Libya, meanwhile, Mugabe stormed out of a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State...
...That ought to worry Tsang, the Hong Kong Chief Secretary. With property prices stuck in a rut and equity prices spiraling downward, the territory boasts some of the glummest consumers in Asia, despite its integration with China. For Hong Kong, a free port that depends heavily on trade with the world, the horrible uncertainty hanging over the global economy can only make things worse. Tsang and the rest of Asia will be following the war carefully?hoping for a fast peace...