Word: somberness
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...first recruiting information session, OCS officials informed a somber senior crowd the job market is the bleakest they have seen in the past sixteen years. Even recruiters do not gloss over the fact that this will be a fiercely competitive year. OCS’s Judy Murray believes Harvard to be in a less precarious situation than most. At least companies are still knocking at the door, although they have less to offer and less with which to entice seniors. This is discouraging, but Peng remains confident that her years of hard work will...
...kilo to $200 since Sept 11th, because the Taliban commanders who'd stockpiled tons of opium were nervously selling it off), and then the conversation turned to the dud Cruise missiles which had landed around Kandahar. These traders shifted eagerly on their stacks of plum-dark Bokharas and somber tribal Baluch carpets...
...There are no women walking through the market. There are girls, and there are men. There are donkeys, walking haystacks with dark, somber eyes peering out from under bundles of dried grass. There are even a few scraggly turkeys. But there are no women. In Afghanistan, the men do all the grocery shopping...
Once we managed to overlook the lack of alcohol, we actually found Diva to be extremely likeable. While she embraced an older and more somber crowd (probably because she refuses to get drunk with the crazier ones), her buzz was still undeniably vibrant and dynamic. The back end of the restaurant highlighted a large glass window that showcased the chef at work as he executed the meal preparation. While we waited, we entertained ourselves with the spectacle of the chef masterfully baking dishes in the huge clay oven and kneading batches of fresh Naan. Service was lightning-quick; our meals...
...rare primetime press conference, held on the somber one month anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, an assured and confident President George W. Bush warned of a long unconventional war against terrorism; said the government was on "full alert" even as the FBI warned ominously of new threats against the U.S. and its citizens; and invited the UN to help in restoring Afghanistan after the fall...