stark, rage, saty on, cling to, clingfilm

Some Banks Hang On to Bailout Billions Almost three years after Washington bailed out the banks, nearly 500 financial institutions are still clinging to $19 billion in taxpayer money.

Plastic food wrap is poisoning you, say doctors

Doctors urge people to stop using clingfilm

Even Cancer Research UK, which has so far been sceptical, is now warning that clingfilm should not be allowed to touch the food it is covering during microwaving

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cling

(klĭng)
intr.v., clung (klŭng), cling·ing, clings.

1. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining: clung to the rope to keep from falling; fabrics that cling to the body.
2. To remain close; resist separation: We clung together in the storm.
3. To remain emotionally attached; hold on: clinging to outdated customs.

n. Botany
A clingstone.

[Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan.]

clinger cling'er n.
clingy cling'y adj.

Greece's Socialist government is scrambling to cut public spending after receiving stark ultimatums from euro-zone governments.

stark

• [stɑ'ːrk]

[形]

1 荒涼とした, 飾りけのない, 殺風景な

The land was stark and barren.
その地は荒涼として不毛であった.

2 〈現実・選択などが〉厳しい, 苛酷な

the stark reality
厳しい現実.

3 ((限定))まったくの

stark terror
恐怖心そのもの

in stark contrast to ...
…と際立った対照をなして.

━━[副]まったく, 完全に

be stark raving mad
完全に気が狂っている.

Rage in Egypt as Mubarak Stays On

U.S. Faces a Stark Choice as Ally Clings to Office

stark
adj., stark·er, stark·est.

1. Bare or blunt: "His language has become increasingly stark, to the point of sounding strident" (Robert Pear).
2. Complete or utter; extreme: stark poverty; a stark contrast.
3. Harsh; grim: "faced with that stark future" (Robert C. McFarlane). "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln).