Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although many Adams House residents bemoanedthe whitewashing of the old murals, several saidthey were pleased with the way the bright acrylicpaints and the cheery images altered thepreviously grim character of the tunnels...
Perhaps on even darker note, a handful ofstudents who failed to produce their theses by 5p.m. faced the grim reality of a grade reduction...
Astrov's obsession is just one aspect of the play's preoccupation with time. His medical training encourages him to see the world as his patient. The prognosis is grim: Russia's forests are being stripped, its fauna decimated, its rivers defiled. But in Vanya's eyes, time is static. Boredom, frustration, tedium will reign eternally. The choice these two philosophers contrive is desolate: the world is going to hell, or it's already there...
...picture of 4 million doddering, medically needy centenarians is not pretty, but the prospect may not be so grim. People who make it past 85 are a hardy group, says Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging. About 30% still live in the community and "are robust in the sense that they are able to lift shopping bags, walk half a mile and climb stairs...
...Grim Reaper himself may slow his pace for the oldest old. While the chance of dying increases exponentially with each year from 50 to 90, the odds rise less steeply after...