Word: somberness
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...remains intact, her voice, satirizing the dramatic situation or directly addressing the audience, comes from off the screen. She second-guesses our reading of the film ("I'll bet you're saying, 'This is where she's going to mess up.' Right? Wrong."), providing comic relief within an otherwise somber thematic structure. As in reality, it's not safe to assume what will come next...
...with two tables. Nixon and Ford were placed side by side facing Kissinger and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. On the other side of the aisle were the Carters and Mr. and Mrs. Ashraf Ghorbal. Egypt's wise Ambassador to the U.S. was heading home on the most somber journey he had ever undertaken. In other seats were military and diplomatic dignitaries, Senators and Congressmen and a three-man press pool...
...peace. In a few Arab capitals, where he had never been forgiven for signing a peace treaty with Israel, his death was greeted with cheers and celebration, a burst of joy that much of the rest of the world considered obscene. And throughout a week that culminated in a somber state funeral Saturday, there were questions everywhere about what the Middle East, indeed the world, would be like without him; where the earthquake of his death had left Egypt; what would be the future now of the quest for a Middle East peace...
Thus ended, on a cautiously encouraging note, the eleventh meeting in the past four years between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. The mood was more somber than at most of the previous encounters: there were no exaggerated compliments, no excessive expressions of confidence, no crowds of cheering Egyptians to greet the visitors from Israel. But the two-day meeting in Alexandria did serve to reduce the tensions that had been building over the past three months. And it produced one accomplishment: a commitment by the two men to resume the long-stalled talks...
...somber Continental board of directors last week named George A. Warde, 59, the former president, to succeed Feldman as chief executive officer. Meanwhile, Texas International is awaiting final White House approval of its takeover bid, which appears likely. Lorenzo intends to keep Continental a separate airline and a subsidiary of the parent organization, Texas Air Corporation. Continental employees last week were still trying to search for ways to block Texas International, but their chances looked very slim...