I heard a more satisfying if somewhat depressing explanation for the seemingly random eruptions of political idiosyncrasy from Samuel Abrams, who teaches politics at Sarah Lawrence and Stanford.
That offers a somewhat depressing but realistic model for how other (extremely wealthy) women might enter political competition.
All of which makes for somewhat depressing reading.
For a while I worked as an after-school tutor in Ypsilanti, a nearby depressed and somewhat depressing city then with its own Ford plant.
When you factor in the moral panics over violent gaming emanating from Washington, it makes for a somewhat depressing time to be a game developer.
This passage — from radicalism to conventionality, from communal socialism to sharp-elbowed corporatism — makes for a fascinating, if somewhat depressing, read.
Happiness researchers have noticed this for years, coming to the somewhat depressing conclusion that the positive feelings that arise when we get new stuff all too quickly dissipates.
For political observers, it was a somewhat depressing reflection of the limits of the new media universe -- where the traditional powers have not quite yet reached a level of comfort with journalists who are transparent with their biases but, nevertheless, fair and accurate in their reporting.
It is somewhat depressing to consider that automotive engineers are projecting traffic congestion so bad that they are developing telematics systems specifically to plan for and cope with it.
Somewhat depressing but, says Silver, "interesting how technology has transformed use of the space".
