Word: grimness
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...patrols in their humvees tend to roll right past. But the violence in this neighborhood is an extension of the war the U.S. is waging against Iraqi insurgents. If the direct attacks on American troops are aimed at driving the U.S. out, the killings in Washash are a grim portent of the kind of chaos that may lie in Iraq's future, whether or not U.S. soldiers stay on in force. "If the U.S. troops leave, we will have a civil war," says a Sunni ex-army officer who prefers not to reveal his name. "It will go on until...
...Yard chief superintendent, sets off in pursuit of a cop killer in 1959. In Flesh Wounds, you can feel the gritty pain of a city that has barely begun to rebuild from the ruins of the blitz, as Troy finds his trail winding backward to bloody events in the grim winter...
William Jennings Bryan, grim, impassioned, breaking a silence of four and a half days with theatrical effect: "The people of this state passed this law, the people of this state knew what they were doing . . . The moment that law became a law anything in these books [indicating the Biology text used by Teacher Scopes] contrary to that law was prohibited . . . The facts are simple, the case is plain, and if these gentlemen [counsel for the defense] want to enter upon a larger field of educational work on the subject of Evolution, let us get through with this case and then...
...Camp David. President Bush was in his cabin when chief of staff Andrew Card learned of the accident while channel-surfing. He phoned the President, who decided to return to the White House by motorcade. A grim Bush scheduled a conference call with the families for 12:45 and at 12:30 was standing at his desk in the Oval Office scanning biographies of the crew members to see which ones had spouses and children...
...even in such a contentious climate, the museum at the Peace Memorial Park-which displays grim photos of the aftermath, remnants of clothes worn by victims, a twisted tricycle ridden by a little boy when the blast hit him -presents a persuasive warning to any leader who would consider returning the world to the nuclear brink. Compared with 10 years ago, these days the museum also provides far more context about what Japan did to its neighbors during the war. It's a sign of progress, even if Japan doesn't get much credit for it. There is a trace...