Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chocolate; it was sweeter than anything I have ever had in my life. My father and brother were captured by the Soviets and served time as prisoners of war before we could all be reunited. I do hope that no one will ever again have to carry such grim memories, and that peace and freedom will always be what our children and grandchildren have to recall. LI SCHMITZ NORRMAN Stockholm
DIED. ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, 57, actress; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Montgomery developed an enduring following with her '60s series Bewitched. She played Samantha Stephens, a perky suburban helpmate who happened to be a witch. Post-Bewitched, Montgomery appeared in grim but well-received TV movies such as A Case of Rape (1974) and The Legend of Lizzie Borden...
...late 1970s, David Byrne wrote a faux be-happy song titled Don't Worry 'Bout the Government. Today few would appreciate the irony, since worrying about the government has become a kind of grim national obsession-it's what Americans seem to do best, or at least loudest. At its extreme, this anxiety is expressed in the now famous conspiracy theories held dear by some right-wing militia members-namely, that the U.S. government has a secret plan calling for United Nations troops to take over America. Coded markers are being placed on the backs of road signs so that...
...Sunday: Dan Rather, "The CBS Evening News's former solo act," would appear Monday night without her. Chung's abrupt removal as co-anchor of the once-vaunted newscastends an uneasy two-year partnership during which viewership plunged. (She turned down a demotion to weekend anchor.) Now, with equally grim prospects for her weekly news magazine, "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung," she's looking to get out. "I'm asking for a mutually agreeable separation," she said. "I'm hopeful." At the end of Monday's broadcast, Rather said he wished Chung "Good luck and God speed...
...inIndividual Retirement Accounts. Kerrey, who co-chairs a federal deficit-cutting commission, failed to get even a majority of that panel to endorse those ideas in December. Today, the senators took their warnings directly to the people: "As a nation, we are consciously damning our children to a very grim future if we simply continue to hide our heads in the sand and pretend that this massive problem doesn't exist," said Simpson. He plans Senate hearings on the matter this year...