Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Quickest way to make an Aussie boil was and is to tell him unjustly that his bloody island lacks culture. Without "bloody," Australians could not talk. An Aussie poem (circa 1904) made the point: The sunburnt bloody stockman stood And, in a dismal bloody mood, Apostrophised his bloody cuddy; The bloody nag's no bloody good, He couldn't earn his bloody food! A regular bloody brumby. Bloody...
...Allied military men, who have had to fight in Africa and Italy with one hand and politick with the other, the prospect of more behind-the-lines chaos sounded dismal. To London and Algiers, who reacted quickly through long-faced cables from news correspondents, it sounded like fresh evidence of a hazy U.S. foreign policy. The French in Algiers were especially gloomy in the belief that the U.S. wants to do business with Vichy again...
Unexplained Dilemma. The investigating board was "astonished" at the dismal results of its findings, Vice Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, chief Navy surgeon (and chairman*), told newsmen. A special "cause for concern" was the number of discharges for neuropsychiatric disabilities, "particularly those occurring in the first six months of service." In other words, the number of men who could not stand the regimentation that must go with military service is already too high; lowering of standards is out of the question...
...last week the Solons' 26 new owners met for the first time. Yubi Separovich was there, with $5,000. On their newspaper salaries, Schoonover and Edmonds could contribute only good will and advice. The owners need plenty of both to solve their problems: 1) the Solons were a dismal last in the P.C.L. last year, and attendance was piddling; 2) spring practice begins shortly and only five players are signed; 3) somewhere, the Solons must find a manager...
...dismal implication was unstressed by Sir Charles's report: the thickest cluster of Italian art and architectural treasures is still north of the battle line; as the fighting moves north, the destruction will inevitably be greater...