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In his most recent book, philosopher Arthur Danto claims that this bleak retreat into the fortress of the self is a permanent one.
Set in bleak hill country about 135 km (84 miles) north of Lisbon, Fátima — once just a poor village — is one of the most important centers of pilgrimage in the Catholic world, along with Lourdes in France and Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Perhaps this picture seems a little bleak, but there is one positive factor that eases the concern about visiting Athens.
The Postman is about a drifter in the bleak and fractured America of 2013 who finds a bag of undelivered mail and, by posing as a letter carrier, rouses the populace to rise up against the evil Gen.
The bleak prognosis: Haitians don't trust cops, and the new officers have done little so far to remedy this.