Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...along officials pursued the other track as well, the grim road most likely to lead police to missing kids. There were all sorts of ugly, irksome questions about Smith's story. No crimes had been reported in the area that night -- so why would a suspect be fleeing? If he needed a car to make a getaway, why take the kids? She said he had approached her at a stoplight, with no one else around; but that particular light required another auto approaching the intersection to turn it red. Above all, where was the damn...
While that may be grim news for many, the demand for skills provides great flexibility for managers and professionals who suddenly find themselves out of work in manufacturing industries. And even though many of the displaced may be less fortunate than Dychkewich, having to take pay cuts in their new positions, experts say they still stand to be handsomely rewarded by service- industry standards...
...fleshing out the full pantheon of psychological contours that make Henry such a complex hero. From the grime to the sublime, Shakepeare's tragedy, with Henry's conscience as the centerpiece, is translated into a visual maelstrom of patriotic noblemen, blood-curdling gore and ruthless bastards. It's foul, grim stuff with a strong dash of realism to make Shakespeare's play a passionate contemporary tale of shuddering wartime horrors and brutality, without sneaking in too many cliched lessons for us mere mortals...
...sagging sails. In an early morning rally in Minneapolis, he exhorted: "Why would we want to give the Congress to people who want to take us back to what almost wrecked us in the 1980s? Say no to them! Say yes to our people!" But the news was grim as polls gauging voter congressional preferences released today all give the GOP a comfortable margin over the Dems: A CNN/USA Today poll has the numbers at 51-44; A Times Mirror survey pegs it at 48-43; and an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll gives the GOP a staggering 46-35 lead...
...Depression music, the middle-aged sisters try to ignore their economic and social straights, dancing, giggling and squabbling their way into obscurity. These events, in turn, are presented as the childhood memories of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters. The cheery banter and swinging songs belie the grim reality...