Word: grimness
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...media in Kurdistan is extremely partisan and prone to propaganda. There are no independent television stations in the region, and the future is grim for independent radio news, according to Kurda Jamal, head of US-funded Radio Nawa. "Kurdistan isn't suitable ground for a free media," he said. "If America wasn't here and if America wasn't funding us, the parties would move to shut us down...
...crops. These gentle birds harm no one and take good care of their families. Sherrill Durbin Mounds, Oklahoma, U.S. Dick Cheney is the poster boy for the "shoot first, think later" approach, whether it involves war, torture or just plain getting even. James B. Morin Guasti, California, U.S. Grim News from Greenland "Has the meltdown begun?" [Feb. 27] reported the discovery that Greenland's glaciers are melting faster than anyone expected. That is more proof of global warming, and the resulting rise in sea levels makes the immediate impact of climate change worse than anticipated. The glaciers are also receding...
...Pimp," from "Hustle & Flow," win best song at the Oscars. Songs and videos about pimping "make it look like it's O.K.," argues Lee, who has known thousands of prostitutes and hundreds of pimps in her career. Alas, the power of the video screen can often overcome even the grim message of the story being told...
...Grim News from Greenland...
...rather challenging first few pages, you will find that Liesel, whose hobby is stealing books, especially stealing banned books from the Nazis, is a heroine worth fighting for, and that Death is actually a pretty cool guy to hang out with ("I like this human idea of the grim reaper," he says, "I like the scythe"). Zusak doesn't sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five: with grim, darkly consoling humor...