Word: dimly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...renewed radical campaign also does not necessarily mean that the wily, tough Teng Hsiao-p'ing is finished. Obviously his chances of becoming Premier are dim at best; but he still holds more top posts than any other official in China-First Vice Premier of the government, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party and Chief of Staff of the Army. It is possible that Teng and the rehabilitated bureaucrats now under attack have the strength to withstand any radical effort to oust them from their positions. A majority of China's powerful regional military commanders are believed...
...subscriptions, the only remaining hope for HPR self-sufficiency, the outlook is dim. Despite the tenfold increase in subscriptions, Saylor estimates that for complete independence a subscription increase of over 3000 would be needed. To achieve such an increase, according to Saylor, would involve a mass mailing of over 100,000, the costs of which would be twice the Review's annual budget. After more than 75 years existence, The New Republic has a subscription list of less than 25,000; despite and extensive campaign to increase the list of subscribers, success has been minimal. The New Republic's inability...
...depositors in the 13 small U.S. banks that closed their doors, and that pretty much was that. The smooth performance illustrated a fact of paramount importance in any discussion of banking troubles: since the FDIC was created in 1934, the calamitous run on a bank has become a dim memory, and the safety of money deposited in banks has been just short of absolute...
...Franco-British team to sell its planes. But they are unlikely to generate enough orders to repay the huge investment in the Concorde. A leading British aerospace writer estimates that 130 must be sold before the two countries can make back their development costs. A major reason for the dim sales prospects is the Concorde's operating cost. The plane seats a maximum of 140 passengers (v. an average of 370 in the 747) and burns two to three times as much fuel per seat mile as subsonic planes. To compensate for the added operating cost, Concorde passengers will...
Platonic Passions. Her sense of vocation seemed to compensate for her lack of social and sexual ease. "I went to a dance last night," she wrote at 23, "and found a dim corner where I sat and read In Memoriam. You see I am not successful." It was only in the rarefied atmosphere of Bloomsbury that her formidable mind and odd beauty were appreciated. Men like Clive Bell, Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry accepted her, flirted with her, and in some cases proposed. At one point she and the homosexual Strachey became engaged, but both came to realize their folly...