Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Donovan insisted last week that he has no intention of resigning. In a statement to reporters, the grim-faced Secretary said that he would not discuss the allegations until the Silverman report was released. "I would, however, be less than honest if I did not state publicly my disgust with the relentless and cowardly attacks that have been made on me and my company...
...butte with a panoramic view of the city and its suburbs, the Israelis set up new headquarters in a large Catholic high school. While most soldiers relaxed by shopping, sunbathing or enjoying the beautiful if war-pocked landscape, some Israelis pondered the grim vision of more death and destruction if negotiations fail and the final battle for Beirut takes place. "We do not want to go in there," sighed an infantryman, gazing down on the capital. "We want to go home." Across the Green Line in West Beirut, a few miles away, a Palestinian guerrilla took another view. "We will...
...C.L.A. survey of college freshmen reported in 1978 that 60% of the class of '82 said that "to make more money" was an important reason to go to college; even more expected to find a job in their preferred field. As a result, colleges are filled with grim professionals...
They all knew it was coming. The only question was when. For months, the attackers had looked forward to the day with a kind of grim relish, and the defenders with a growing sense of defiance. Israel had actually massed its invasion forces four times near its northern border with Lebanon, then each time aborted a strike. But when the Israeli Cabinet finally gave Defense Minister Ariel Sharon the go-ahead for the attack at 11 a.m. on a sunny Sunday morning in Galilee, the impact was stunning, and the portents were both uncertain and ominous...
...Commodore Hotel, which has its own telex lines and electric generators. All three U.S. television networks-each with as many as five crews in the field-managed to send film out daily by satellite from an east Beirut ground transmission station. The unofficial rules for Beirut-based correspondents were grim, however: stick together, do not go out at night, and never photograph Syrian troops, who detained several photographers and reportedly pistol-whipped two. By contrast, the propaganda-wise Palestinians were eager to please, providing military guides to protect reporters. Los Angeles Times Correspondent David Lamb summed up the journalists...