Word: grimness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Iraqi staff members gathered around the office TV set for a break, they tended to watch Lebanese music videos and Egyptian sitcoms. These days, they almost always watch the news, usually on one of the many Arabic channels that offer endless images of death and desperation in Iraq. So grim is the mood that even escapist entertainment provides no relief. "The news is our life," says Rashid, one of my Iraqi co-workers. "And our life is the news." The sobering reality for the Bush Administration is that it's becoming harder to persuade Iraqis that either one is going...
...Kendall Square, changed trains downtown, and headed for a Jamaica Plain stop. But when he realized that he couldn’t pay the requisite nickel to exit, Charlie became a permanent tenant of the MBTA, journeying every afternoon to Scollay Square—better known today as the grim Government Center—to pick up a sandwich prepared by his wife...
...federal agents pushed on in a grim effort to track down the killers, and President Johnson at week's end told a press conference that "substantive results can be expected in a very short time." Near the grave, FBI men sifted every inch of dirt, hunting for such evidence as cigarette butts and shirt buttons, and sent several 20-gallon cans containing scraps and other possible evidence to the Bureau's Washington laboratory for analysis...
...sight, the two sides met on into the evening. It was only after sunset that the optimism began to unravel. To the Soviets, every element of the deal, it seemed, hinged on the curtailment of Star Wars. When that proved impossible, there was nothing left to do but offer grim handshakes and go home. The original purpose of the meeting--to set a date for a full-scale summit in the U.S. and work out a frame work for an agreement on medium-range missiles that could serve as its centerpiece--was lost in the dust. No deal, no date...
Last month that test was given for the first time to two young adults at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Both tested positive, and must now live with the grim certainty of developing the disease, which causes progressive dementia and loss of body control. And suddenly Nancy Wexler is no longer sure she wants to know her fate. "Before the test, you can always say, 'Well, it can't happen to me,' " says Wexler, who is president of the Hereditary Disease Foundation. "After the test, if it's positive, you can't say that anymore...