Word: somber
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...Deke fraternity president who, friends and supporters always boasted, was such fun in close quarters. If Americans were surprised that Bush at war was so different from the man they saw before Sept. 11, they are likely to be just as amazed now at the campaign trickster. Is the somber man who consoled a nation at the National Cathedral days after the attacks the same guy who walked the aisles wearing a neck pillow, asking Pelosi for her vote? More Jonathan Winters than John Wayne, Bush can't pass the camera without twisting his face in on itself or striking...
...early January, two days into the new year, I stopped at Subway at 8 p.m. to buy a sandwich. The restaurant was empty and the fluorescent lights and yellow paint were about the same shade of somber. A woman, apron-clad, emerged from the back and took my order without looking at me. Turkey sub, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise. She removed a pre-sliced roll from a large plastic container and put it down on the white counter length cutting board before her. Next she took the turkey, already portioned out and wrapped in plastic, because every Subway sub needs...
...Deke fraternity president who, friends and supporters always boasted, was such fun in close quarters. If Americans were surprised that Bush at war was so different from the man they saw before Sept. 11, they are likely to be just as amazed now at the campaign trickster. Is the somber man who consoled a nation at the National Cathedral days after the attacks the same guy who walked the aisles wearing a neck pillow, asking Pelosi for her vote? More Jonathan Winters than John Wayne, Bush can't pass the camera without twisting his face in on itself or striking...
...flag--General Motors entreated car buyers to "Keep America Rolling," while Ford called on the viewing public to "Help Move America Forward." Airline ads that equated flying with patriotism also made some viewers wince. Companies from Miller Brewing to the Vitamin Shoppe all weighed in on the tragedy in somber ads, prompting the satirical newspaper The Onion to mock marketers' sudden interest in current events with its headline "Dinty Moore Breaks Long Silence on Terrorism with Full-Page...
...gruesome accidents on the World Cup circuit this season - the death of French super-giant slalom champion R?gine Cavagnoud after a practice-run collision and a crash that left 22-year-old Swiss racer Silvano Beltrametti a paraplegic - have highlighted the dangers of ski racing and cast a somber pall over what these athletes refer to as the "white circus...