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Word: grimness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when home-computer sales started to fizzle in late 1984, Commodore quickly began to lose its sizzle. Last week the company reported that it lost $53.2 million in the fourth quarter of 1985. That brought its total losses since June of 1984 to $206 million. During this grim period Commodore has piled up debts of $250 million, and it is now negotiating with creditors to postpone a Feb. 28 deadline for loan repayments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adios, Amiga? | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...That grim figure was above average even for the Philippines, where violence is a traditional fellow traveler of politics. In 1961, for example, before Marcos appeared on the presidential scene, 35 people were killed during an election campaign; that is still considered a postwar low. In 1984, during National Assembly elections, more than 100 fatalities were reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going into the Streets | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Dahlia and the other women fail to rouse the faint-hearted Sultan, his situation looks grim. The evil Ahab Younow, backed by his maniacal mercenary Moslem bodyguard, Mecca Myday (Robert McManus), is poised for action. Mecca's not a bad ally to have: "I eat armies for breakfast. I drink blood. I snack on glands." (He's not about to ask any superiors if we can win next time...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Heat Is On at the Hasty | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

...that a large section of the crew compartment had been located. Some photo analysts contend that what appears to be parts of the shuttle can be detected emerging from the catastrophic fireball just after the blast (see photo). The official reticence was understandable. Any such speculation would raise the grim possibility that death was not as mercifully quick for the stricken astronauts as has been widely assumed. Still, however painful the results, the search for all such evidence has to be pursued if the mystery of Challenger's demise is to be solved and the risk of future tragedies minimized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cold Soak, a Plume, a Fireball | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Duvalier moved toward the military aircraft, pausing to bestow a few words of thanks on the row of elite khaki-uniformed guards who had protected him in the final months of his presidency. Nearby, two grim-faced men, one in military uniform, one in civilian dress, observed the Duvaliers' departure. They were members of the five-man junta to which the abdicating President was passing the leadership of the country. The Air Force plane took off at 3:46 a.m., carrying Duvalier, now an ex-President-for-Life, out of Haiti for only the second time. With him were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti End of the Duvalier Era | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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