My daughter and I had been warned that Scotland delivers all four seasons in a day, but our trip amended this to three: rain and gloom, crisp spring chill, and occasional glorious bursts of blue-skied heat. So frequent were the showers, my daughter started calling herself “the rainbow hun...
For Bolivia--and so many other countries like it--the crash represents much more than a temporary downturn; it could mean the end of one of the greatest openings for prosperity in decades. Amid today's gloom, it is easy to forget we have just witnessed half a century of the greatest ...
The man running the stand was obviously having a_39_day. He was rude and unsmiling as we bought our papers,which only_40_ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The businessman_41_my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly,_42_the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such...
So maybe it’s not doom and gloom, just inflation for your grandchildren’s grandchildren. phleep Feb 10, 2022 at 6:02 am Grandchildren’s grandchildren? That’s a generous time horizon for ANYTHING. “At first ...
A DECADE AGO this summer, as Britain transferred its prize colony to Chinese control, the gloom about Hong Kong's future was thick and pervasive. Robert Burns, a trade consultant with McKeon-Burns International Associates, was a typical mourner. "I don't think the Chinese bureaucracy can resi...
Lambert hit his half-year deadline and IBM went into profit for the first time in three years. Last month, the company announced its third good year--this despite the global gloom still enveloping much of the dotcom industry. Lambert's recipe for a decisive turnaround is packed full of...