Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout this grim experience, it had been almost impossible to negotiate with the suspicious and irrational men who refused to communicate directly with me or any other American. We all knew that the Iranians with whom we were working were under heavy attack from more militant officials, who vehemently opposed any plans to release the hostages...
From TIME'S grim cover...
...star that rose out of Suffolk Downs two springs ago fell to earth unexpectedly last Saturday, accompanied by unusually grim fanfare, even for the hand of fate. The crack of a foreleg placed wrong, followed by the thud of a three-year-old colt hiring Belmont's hard dirt track at full speed, were the sounds to which the celebrated horse Timely Writer, made his final exit from racing...
...nearly two years, Iran and Iraq have been locked in an inconclusive war notable for its size and savagery. An estimated 200,000 soldiers from both sides have died, and 70,000 more have been taken prisoner. Yet even by those grim standards the charge was shocking: that Iran's Islamic Guards, fanatical supporters of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, have massacred substantial numbers of unarmed Iraqi prisoners...
During the past year, business for the De Kalb, Ill., firm has slumped by nearly 11%, to $84.4 million in sales, and prospects look grim. Says George Howell, a former executive vice president of International Minerals & Chemical Corp., who took over last spring as Wurlitzer's president and chief executive officer: "The demand for our products has dropped like a rock, and our market has just about disappeared...