Word: grimness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...November, The Crimson’s weekend magazine asked if we should have gone to Yale. Harvard is undoubtedly superior to our New Haven rivals in all respects—but when it comes to partying, the contrast can start to seem grim. Elis have late-night food, administration-sanctioned “party suites” and relaxed party curfews; we have limited off-campus options for eating and socializing after dark and our dorm parties have to stop an hour after midnight. The “People’s Republic of Cambridge” will...
...views. I would add that not just Europe but also the U.S. and all other countries have always lived by Lord Palmerston's axiom. There is no such thing as friendship between nations, nor has there ever been a savior for the common good. In international relations, only grim self-interest rules, converging or conflicting, depending on the time and place. Nicolas Ziener Grenoble, France...
...deans haven’t done very much. [Secretary of the Faculty] John Fox would go around and tell people information and hints that might influence their decisions,” Thompson laughs. “We used to say in my department: ‘Here comes the grim reaper, coming and knocking on the door to take you away...
...added that prospects for fiscal year 2005 budget are grim, as the endowment payout is likely to remain low while fringe benefit rates will continue to rise...
...film it somewhat resembles is Last Tango in Paris--you know, people shutting themselves away from the world to indulge their sexual fantasies. But that film, which was rated X, had an authentic sexual charge. This one--which carries an NC-17, the modern equivalent of an X--is grim and joyless, though it is far richer and more casual in its display of both male and female frontalia...