Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Part of the reason for the team's comparatively dismal showing lies in the loss of quarter-miler French Anderson, of Eddie Martin in the distances, and of Doc Bennett, a promising pole vaulter. There were also injuries to two-miler Dyke Benjamin and dashman Sandy Dodge, as well as Jim Doty's bother-some skin rash which reduced his effectiveness in the shot...
...there is no reason to foresee a dismal season next year. Juniors Ned Weld, Bill Wood, Laurie Pratt, and Jim Cameron have all showed tremendous improvement, as have sophomores Tim Gallwey and Fred Vinton. And the freshman team won ten straight matches this season, and should provide the varsity with several excellent players...
...become historic, chose exactly the wrong moment and the wrong method to prove that he is a man of action. The President acted like the Communist caricature of the Yankee imperialist. As for Nixon, he has greatly diminished sympathy for his behavior by a vulgar attempt to convert this dismal tour into a presidential campaign trip. He had established his valor in Peru; his insistence on a repeat performance in Venezuela indicates that he was utterly seduced by his press notices, and incapable of recognizing his own limitations...
Whatever psychological forces are at work, the trend ever since 1946 has been to longer, wider, more futuristic cars-and more chrome ("jewelry" to automen). Those who bucked the trend usually rued the day. Henry Kaiser's small, chromeless Henry J. was a dismal failure. So was the drab 1954 Plymouth, which was 4 in. shorter than the year before. Sales dropped nearly 36% to only 381,000 cars a year. A year later Plymouth rolled out the longest (204 in.) car among the low-priced three and promptly boosted sales back up to 647,000 cars...
Martin, Julie Harris, Alfred Drake, Katharine Cornell, Charles Boyer, Ed Wynn. Mrs. Alberg's credo: "Other shows try to make popular things good. We try to make good things popular." They have. While many other dramatic shows (Studio One, Kraft Theater, Climax!) are rumored to have dismal prospects of autumn survival, Hall of Fame is already signed to produce its regular six-a-year slate of shows next year...