Word: sordidly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kids, as it turns out, may have been less troubled than their dad by what they saw. "This whole sordid mess is just too tawdry and tedious and embarrassing," said Moran on the morning after, his voice a subdued monotone. "It's like a novel that just became too full of juicy parts and bizarre, sleazy characters." Characters like Bill Clinton, the leader of Moran's party, the President he had followed loyally for six years? "I guess part of this is finding out that everyone is far more human than we'd like to believe," conceded the Congressman...
...many of their neighbors are on it. They say the township has lost its cloistered innocence. "This road is now notorious. People come to stop and gawk," sighed a homeowner as a car swung into her driveway, having done just that. "We're so used to hearing about these sordid things these days that nothing shocks us anymore," said Weinlein, the neighbor, "and it's sad." She cast her eyes around. "Pretty soon it's going to be old news. Things will go on as usual," she said, then broke into laughter. "But right now, well--it's like that...
...Clinton ordered stricter regulation of nursing homes, and this week the Senate will hold hearings on the matter. Thompson says the hearings are an important chance for Americans to become more aware of the awful conditions in some of the nation's nursing homes. His second installment of this sordid tale appears this week. And if nursing-home operators fail to meet the stricter regulations, you can bet there will be a third...
...state of affairs in Connecticut that has hemmed Hex and Billie and Billie's husband Lou Sloane into standard suburban lives; instead, he analyzes and describes and unravels character and action and landscape in scintillating prose. He is a young author who chooses to write about rather sordid, dull aspects of modern life, to be sure, but he follows an old, old tradition of writing wellcrafted, intelligent novels with Purple America...
...week, you can enjoy their marital spats from the comfort of your own home. If you're lucky, and you will be, the Mrs. will choose to demonstrate her independence by removing her clothing. At this point, Jerry will likely turn his head away in shame, astonished by the sordid exhibition he has inadvertently unleashed. After all, Jerry's just trying to save a marriage...