Word: grim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grim news coincided with further signs that West Germany remains enmeshed in a persistent slump. Last week the government statistics office reported that 5,676 companies had failed during the first six months of 1982, the highest number in 34 years, and 50% more than during the same period last year. Unemployment, which was almost unknown in West Germany during the 1960s and early 1970s, rose in July to 1.75 million, or 7.2% of the labor force. The country's gross national product is expected to rise only 1% in 1982, after declining .3% last year...
...cease-fire must be maintained. Reagan's grim warning: "When P.L.O. sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that is stretching the definition of defensive action too far." A day later the Israeli bombardment of West Beirut began. It lasted for 14 hours...
...tarry not on these grim thoughts; crass lucre is not of the essence when confronting the inauguration of your higher education. Harvard's Student Handbook and Course Catalogue, as they are known to veteran readers, are classics in the field. The former scolds and pontificates, but also explains the mysteries of that hallowed golden fleece: the diploma marked Veritas. The latter tends toward verbosity: 821 pages last year, and perhaps bulkier still when re-released September 8. Its strength lies in a vast scope combined subtly with a scrupulous dedication to detail...
...grim week, the I.R.A. strikes in cold blood and new scandals erupt
...with his hands on his stomach and blood pouring through them. Another's head was a mass of blood." Others spoke of bodies, and of a single leg, literally flying through the air. A kettledrum and French horn came to rest 30 yds. from the blast. Said a grim-faced survivor: "It was a massacre without warning. Children were splattered with bits of the bandsmen's bodies." Six musicians died. The other 24 were wounded, twelve seriously...