Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Partly for that reason, and partly because the coverage was so pervasive and transfixing, another spectacle in another corner of the global village caught the world by surprise and received far less attention than it deserved. The agents of Soviet power and the people of Lithuania engaged in a grim dialogue of their...
...current debate is the result of a grim trend: the increasing incidence of AIDS among adolescents. Of the 157,525 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control through November 1990, 615 involve 13- to 19-year-olds -- 154 more than 11 months earlier. That total understates the gravity of the problem. Since more than a fifth of all AIDS victims in the U.S. are in their 20s and the incubation period for the disease can be as long as 10 years, most of the older age group probably became infected as teenagers...
...Chemistry. Jordanian experts say the wells could burn 10 million bbl. of oil a day, releasing a vast cloud of black smoke into the stratosphere. Such a cloud has the potential to screen sunlight, reduce temperatures and damage crops throughout the northern hemisphere. Not all experts agree with the grim forecasts, contending that Kuwaiti oil fields are too far apart to combine into one conflagration. If only some wells blow, the multibillion-dollar task of extinguishing the fires would be unlike any previous disaster. Much of Kuwait's crude lies close to the surface and could continuously feed the flames...
...since the Great Depression has the outlook for so many banks seemed so grim. The epicenter of distress is the downtrodden Northeast, where lenders in New York and New England are writing off bad loans at a furious pace. Many of the worst headaches are in New York City, which is home to seven of the 10 largest U.S. banks. Experts predict that such giants as Citicorp, the biggest U.S. banking company, Chase Manhattan (No. 3) or Chemical (No. 8) may have to merge with other large firms to survive. "There is a high chance for a major consolidation over...
...have the cancer return even after the trauma of surgery and the misery of chemotherapy is the nightmare of every patient. When this happens, the outlook is grim. But in recent years doctors have been experimenting with a controversial treatment for advanced and recurring breast cancer that involves massive doses of chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant. Annette Crossley, 45, of Glendora, Calif., is hoping it will save her life. Crossley suffered a cancer relapse just a few months after completing a course of treatment that included a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. Given slim odds of survival, she chose...