The situation is so dire that Theresa May recently appointed a Suicide Prevention Minister, Jackie Doyle-Price, as well as pledging £1.8 million to ensure Samaritans remains active and free for four more years.
The financial situation is so dire that Michigan's governor recently appointed an emergency manager.
But the cult of cute — known as "kawaii" — is so pervasive it has even become official (with three ambassadors recently appointed to "promote" Japan).
Taylor will be back soon enough but even so this remains a new era by any measure, the recently appointed coach, Mark Robinson, doubling as change agent.
So within a week of arriving as the Guardian's recently appointed Africa correspondent, I was in Soweto, equipped with little more than a notebook and the exhilaration which comes from plunging into a new story.
The Dragons released 16 players at the end of last season and also lost flanker Joe Bearman to Welsh rivals the Ospreys, so recently-appointed boss Edwards already had a big rebuilding job before the Dragons Walessuccesssuccess
So who is left at the top of City Hall? Johnson recently appointed Sir Simon Milton, the former leader of Westminster City Council and former head of the Local Government Association, as his deputy for policy and planning.
Sales crashed to about 4,000 in 2009, so it has been a "pretty calamitous time" for the company, agrees recently appointed marketing director, Alasdair Stewart.
So was Sam Brownback, a former senator and governor from Kansas whom Mr. Trump recently appointed as ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
Yet Mr Bush has pledged that he will endorse the Everglades work so long as it is based on sound science and fiscal accountability; he recently appointed an "Everglades tsar" in his administration.
Koichi Takahashi, who was at the top of last year's class of fellows and recently appointed an assistant professor in leukemia, said he's been impressed so far.
