Word: bleak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Clearing the Chest. Until recently, the outlook was bleak indeed for all these youngsters. They were spindle-limbed and undernourished, no matter how much they ate. and they were always coming down with bronchitis or pneumonia. As doctors were learning to treat the digestive troubles and the lung disorders in turn, new drugs appeared to help them, and now the outlook for the little patients is more hopeful...
Aside from physical discomforts, Poonsters wanted a new building because they felt that more congenial surroundings would improve their writing. Though Lampoon humor had not yet become jaded, President Muir complained that a bleak atmosphere discouraged the editors. The Lampoon, he wrote during a campaign for donations, "tends to consist of one man who gets the paper out alone...
...outlook is not entirely bleak, however. McCurdy has two of the best distance men in the Ivy League, and he has a number of strong middle-distance men who may score points in the coming meets. The team is also fairly strong in certain field events...
...would be a boon to the cost-pinched TV industry. Of the 83 TV stations which have gone into operation since April 1952, an estimated 30% will run in the red this year; last year, no fewer than 38 construction permits for new stations were surrendered because of the bleak profit outlook. Black & white broadcasting has become so expensive that only a few of the biggest sponsors can afford more than a half-hour show; color TV will increase the costs. When the cost of Milton Berle's Tuesday night hour soared from...
...southeastern Sicily, the islanders have a name for the bleak hill town of Ragusa: una brutta citta-an ugly city...