Word: grimness
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...successful drama Oz, which focuses on a U.S. high security prison. The writers also based some of the story on real-life events and characters, drawing most of the inspiration from Mexico City's infamous Santa Marta women's prison. The result is a series that is as grim, bloody and chaotic as actual Latin American prisons; it is world where children live with their mothers behind bars until they are six, where corruption is rife and where killings are commonplace. But aside from portraying the misery of prison life, the producers also aimed to forge the kind of compulsive...
...avoid the embarrassment of an expensive purchase on the one hand, or from paying too much for a rug you wanted too badly, think about the big picture. And the big picture is grim...
Which is not to say that the exhibit is unrelentingly grim. The early years of the 19th century were a time of tremendous creativity for Goya, and the full range of his talent is on display in this show. His modernity is evident not only in his dark depictions of human irrationality, but in his psychologically acute portraits. From his warm, intimate portrayal of Spanish King Charles IV and his family, to the petulant knowingness of the young Marchioness de Montehermoso, to the vague disappointment of the slightly mustachioed Doña Juana Galarza, who clutches a crumpled...
...report stressed that militant Sunni groups are drawing new followers as well, and Tuesday brought grim reminders of the continued presence of radical Sunni guerrilla fighters in Iraq. Twin car bombs, the signature terror weapon of Sunni militants in Iraq, exploded north and west of Baghdad. One blast in Baqubah, the provincial capital of Diyala Province, left some 40 people dead and wounded roughly 80 others, according to initial reports. Another explosion tore through Ramadi, a town which U.S. officials hailed as a success story in recent months because of its dramatically lower levels of violence. That attack killed...
...Charléty Stadium on the edge of the city when the tormented relay was canceled at mid-course. As the torch moves on to San Francisco and Buenos Aires before heading back to Africa and Asia, the organizers of this summer's Beijing Games are facing a grim prospect: that the protests denouncing China's human rights record in Tibet and elsewhere could mount as the torch continues its 85,000-mile, 20-nation voyage...