His grim, dark cave, concealing a tiny, rose-hued metropolis, speaks of memory's distortions and the past's grip.
The fortress itself was described by the revolutionary press as a "place of slavery and horror", containing "machines of death", "grim underground dungeons" and "disgusting caves" where prisoners were left to rot for up to 50 years.
Despite the grim prognosis for bats in Mammoth Cave National Park, Ms. Craighead said the crisis presents an opportunity to educate the public about the ecological role of bats.
I was in a cave once more, and the prognosis was grim.
AFTER nearly two weeks of pushing deeper into a vast cave network in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Bill Stone faced a grim errand.
Mr. Cave, a lanky figure in a black suit, restlessly stalked the stage: a preacher, a barrister, a huckster, a dancer, with his baritone moving from grim declamations to flat-out screams.
If the floor hadn't caved in, well... the situation could've been far more grim, a 49-year-old pub-goer told Kyodo News.
