Word: hopelessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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East Timor's situation seems so hopeless now that it is difficult to determine what the U.S. could or should do. But Bishop Belo has pointed the way to a sensible beginning. In his editorial, he called for "the release of East Timorese political prisoners, a step that could renew hopes for peace and and help the next round of United Nations-sponsored talks...
...close. The lopsided 5-1 score that marked the Terriers' triumph is not as hopeless as it sounds. Just ask B.U. coach Jack Parker...
...winter of 1916-17 was arctic, and the next summer saw only 5 in. of rain. Crops and credit dried up, farmsteads failed. Even today a curious visitor has no trouble finding the husks of homesteaders' abandoned houses, some with clothes still in closets and perhaps a hopeless account book yellowing on a kitchen floor...
Clinton paid dearly for a victory he probably could have had on the cheap; he was a masterly campaigner running against a hopeless one, in a moment of peace and prosperity. Yet the tactics of his fund-raising machine looked so greedy--and may prove to be illegal--that he squandered the chance at a margin he could have read as a mandate...
...whatever the thread connecting Wideman's selections may be, it is certain that there are a number of great works included. The book is a quick read, an item to leave on the coffee table or next to the toilet, to be read during those long nights spent in hopeless procrastination fits. Buy the book and flip through it when you need a break. You will certainly not be disappointed...