Word: dismally
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After three quarters of dismal offensive play, the field general came up big when it mattered most, throwing two perfectly-placed touchdown passes over the top of the Yale secondary to senior Matt Luft and junior Chris Lorditch. His clutch play in the dwindling minutes of the fourth quarter gave the Crimson its third straight victory over the Bulldogs...
...especially influential in an ECAC Championship game against Iona where he made 10 saves, but could not prevent the team from falling, 12-10. Harvard ended the 2008 season with a dismal 5-12 record, faring only a little better against conference opponents...
...problem of alcohol and liability is tough, many student leaders find the social space situation to be downright dismal...
...economic growth, as corruption creates an invisible tax on all economic activity. It hurts trade, investment, the effectiveness of government expenditure, and, critically for developing countries, the prospects of innovation. This problem is very salient in India today; the 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranks India as a dismal 84th, a distressing result for the world’s second-fastest growing economy...
...Hatoyama has already been tarred by an alleged scandal, this one concerning campaign finance. (Hatoyama has publicly apologized for the scandal, though he has said he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing.) His Cabinet's approval rating has plummeted in the six months since he took office to a dismal 33%, and there is chatter in Tokyo that he may not last long in office...