Word: grim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dangerous, Fragmentary. There were important distinctions, Naud conceded, that the film had blurred. Piaf, among others, simply sang to make a living, and often succeeded in cheering up the French in those grim years. On the other hand, Actress Danielle Darrieux, shown boarding a train to Germany in Let's Sing, acted in German films and entertained Nazi soldiers in army camps. Even more disturbing to French audiences were shots of Maxim's restaurant, which was jammed with German officers and French businessmen, and of high-living socialites of le tout Paris attending cocktail parties given by Otto...
Despite last week's reprieve, the long-term outlook on prices is grim, largely because of the increasing dependence of the industrialized Western nations on OPEC oil. In 1973, for example, about 38% of the U.S. oil demand was being met by crude imported from foreign countries, most of it coming from Canada and Venezuela. This year, however, the U.S. will be forced to import 40% or more of its oil, most of it from OPEC member countries. By next year the economies of the U.S. and Europe should be getting into full stride, and oil demand cannot help...
Another problem is Ford's campaign chairman, Rogers Morton, who remarked on TV as the grim results rolled in from Nebraska: "I'm not going to rearrange the furniture on the deck of the Titanic." The genial Morton has not had conspicuous success in organizing Ford's campaign; in general, he remains the glad-handing front man while decisions are made by Political Director Stuart Spencer...
...Grim Waters. In essence, Argento and Nolte have written an opera for the music lover who also enjoys the dreamscapes of Fellini and early Bergman. Moods billow like the Dry Ice currents that lap across the stage, suggesting waters as grim as the Styx. Characters are rarely who they seem to be. Even Poe is not always sure who or where he is. His antagonist is a shadowy character named Griswold - based on Poe's vindictive literary executor, Rufus W. Griswold - who seems to be lago here, Mephistopheles there, even turns into Poe himself...
Asked whether Princeton could be beaten, number six singles player Andy Chaikovsky nodded affirmatively, but there was a grim look on his face...