Word: dimly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, the mayor's options remain open. He doesn't plan to announce his intentions until mid-May, by which time the Weld investigation or The Globe may have around enough anti-White opinion to dim the prospects for a fifth term. But for the past year, Mayor White has consistently discussed the 1983 race in the future tense, not the conditional. And if his chances look good, he won't pass up the chance to make it two full decades in City Hall. Then, his rivals may learn once and for all that right does not always make might...
...next week, a selection of 350 Sheraton reviews in book form has sold out its first printing of 25,000 copies. Awkwardly titled Mimi Sheraton's The New York Times Guide to New York Restaurants, the $9.95 paperback is as diverse as the city, ranging from minuscule Chinatown dim-sum joints to the midtown cathedrals of continental cuisine...
...reading period, four pre-med roommates found their organize chemistry final approaching faster than they might ideally have wished. The day before the exam, they realized that their hopes of success on the test were dim at best. And their hopes of admission into medical school, which in turn, of course, had immeasurable influence on their hopes for fiscally rewarding adult lives were lading before their eyes. Calculating realistically, they determined that what they really needed was another solid 48 hours to study for the exam, which unfortunately was scheduled in approximately...
...winter light is already dim, and in a Manhattan cafe the blond girl is squirming in her seat, dying for a smoke. The cigarette machine is broken. "This is like a joke," she says, annoyed, and leaves her plate of eggs Benedict to bum a Marlboro from one of the other diners. Smoking happily at last, she gives a quick account of herself, sounding bored beyond her years. She dropped out of high school four years ago, at 15, and has no job and no firm idea of what she will do next. She likes to stay up until...
Ford is undoubtedly biased against the nuclear power program. As a past executive director of the Union of Concerned Scientists, he takes a dim view of those willing to exploit nuclear power without being fully aware of its dangers. Still, Ford's evidence, culled from thousands of pages of A.E.C. documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, is overwhelming. It is also frightening...