Word: dimly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...class of '46, the 25th Reunion is one more such return, another chance to survey their pasts andtheir futures. They're not a class, perhaps, in the traditional sense. Maybe, in some dim way, they even foreshadow new legions of alumni. But then, who knows why they all decide to return this second time? One alumnus made the decision only after seeing Love Story. "It made me nostalgic," he told the secretary. "And are you going to bring your family?" she asked. "Do I have to?" he replied...
...plane, a medium-range "airbus" designed to carry 250 passengers. If Congress refuses, the company's management warns that Lockheed will skid into bankruptcy, upsetting a business empire that employs 75,000 people in 26 states. This would add to the unemployment rolls, particularly in California, and dim President Nixon's chances of carrying the state...
...outlook for real progress is dim because many political leaders do not want to take a firm stand on a messy labor-management controversy until after the 1972 election. The trains' next stop, like the last several, promises to be midway between the points of inconvenience and crisis, and well short of the national interest...
...chief restorer, Hubert von Sonnenburg, has wrought some minor miracles. He cleaned off the aging varnish, discovering a new richness of skin tones, transforming Juan's lace collar to a blazing white, and revealing the background as a rich orchestration of grays rather than the rather dim greenish cast it had had. More important, he found that a 1½ in. margin at the top and one of 2⅛ in. at the right side had been folded under for framing purposes some time in the 19th century. With the canvas restored to its original size, the figure occupies...
...record so far this season, and coach Eddie Carroll doesn't seem to be enthused about his team's chances today. "We're a little off from last year. After the Greater Boston performance, it looks pretty dim. But we're going to show up," he said...