Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dismal Rain. From speaker.after speaker, the words "immediate ceasefire" drummed on the government like a dismal rain. Premier Joseph Laniel tried to head off the downpour until after Geneva, arguing in effect that the government could better come to terms at Geneva if let alone. The critics persisted. Laniel and his Cabinet made the issue-whether to debate Indo-China now or later-an issue of confidence. Laniel won his vote of confidence 311 to 262, but it .was only a stay until another showdown soon-and probably the last confidence vote the Laniel government would...
...anti-Communism is sometimes the scoundrel's first defense . . . One of the noisiest anti-Communists of recent history was a man named Adolf Hitler. He was not wrong because he was antiCommunist. He was wrong because he was immorally anti-Communist . . . and inevitably, [he] was a dismal failure...
...bottom of the league is pretty dismal. The newly-established Orioles, while not the Browns, still aren't much, and they figure as sixth. Detroit is on the way back from the wilderness but can't make much above seventh this year. The Athletics are rebuilding but have a long way to go. They're last...
...door to his court remained wide open. Since Louis insisted that his noblemen live there, housing was a nightmare. With 10.000 people living in the chateau at Versailles, it was as crowded as a slum. The bearer of many a celebrated name had to be content with a dismal attic room, though it seemed to be worth it to bask in the rays of the Sun King: the nobleman of the day counted himself lucky if he could become the official custodian of the royal chamber...
...fell behind, 18 to 9, at the end of the first quarter and trailed, 41 to 22, at the half. The Crimson scored on only 19 percent of the few shots it could get away in the first half and hit on bat 13 of 55 for the whole dismal evening...