Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Koernke made casual racist remarks and was enthusiastic in extolling the economy and technology of Hitler's Third Reich. Koernke, says Martinez, was a literal interpreter of the Bible's Book of Revelation, with a literal expectation of Armageddon. Occasionally, as Koernke went on and on about some grim fantasy, Martinez feared he "might have some sort of chemical imbalance." But the two stayed friends. Martinez was Koernke's best man when he married Nancy Wise, a home-economics student he had met while peddling chocolate-chip cookies at an rotc bake sale. At about the same time, however...
...themes, Zelazny broke new ground in science fiction as part of the 1960s "New Wave," which presented socially and psychologically complex views of the future, at sharp odds with the genre's traditionally upbeat portrayals of tomorrow. The winner of every major award in the field, Zelazny saw his grim vision of a postapocalyptic America, Damnation Alley, made into an uncompelling 1977 Jan-Michael Vincent film...
What remains is the familiar grim stalemate at a higher level of tension. After the British and French plans take effect, U.N. forces will probably find themselves in armed camps, where they can protect themselves but not the civilian population outside. The Serbs show no sign of willingness to stop fighting and start talking. On the diplomatic track, the only effort under way is Washington's attempt to sweeten an offer Milosevic has rejected before. Even if he agrees to recognize Bosnia for now, he can always change his mind later and resume his quest for a Greater Serbia after...
...grim year for science andtechnology," says Rusty Matthews, the Democraticstaff person for the Veterans' Affairs, Housingand Urban Development and Independent AgenciesSubcommittee of the Senate AppropriationsCommittee, the committee which decides science andtechnology funding...
...hated the fact that as a Radcliffe woman, she was treated as what she termed a "second-class citizen," suffering snubs--and, at times, overt hostility--from male professors indignant at the female students who invaded their classes. She recounted one particular incident, drawing out the details with grim satisfaction--she had written a short story, and her professor had told her that, while her work was strong and she was obviously quite talented, she was wasting time better spent looking for a husband. The result was that she had cut off all ties with Radcliffe upon graduation...