Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...These dismal speculations can be resolved, of course, only with the appearance of Mr. Wilson's next novel. It is to be hoped that his spasm of anger will have passed. But until his next book is finished one must worry...
...Erickson sale also showed that great art can go down as well as up. A Raeburn that the Ericksons bought for $100,000 in 1927 went for $60,000; a regal Gainsborough that cost $300,000 in 1928 went for a dismal $35,000. A Holbein portrait also went for $35,000, which was $95,000 less than the Ericksons paid. The painting that took the worst tumble was a Van Dyck: it cost the Ericksons $200,000 plus two paintings, went for $27,000 last week...
Because the Harvard Yard was not available, the race last year was held on a small plot of land "somewhere near the field house." It was a dismal failure. Two years ago, however, when the rivalry began, a fierce contest was waged for three hours. The estimated 1000 spectators were attracted by the yells and blood-curdling screams of an initially small group of onlookers...
...Constellation that went down last week was no Government-owned plane. It belonged to Imperial Airlines, a "nonsked" outfit with a "fleet" of four planes. The Army got hooked up with Imperial by a dismal series of events. By law-as enacted by Congress under pressure from commercial air companies-the Army and the other services are forbidden to transport troops by military aircraft in the continental U.S. on the theory that the airlines need the business. The law also permits nonscheduled airlines such as Imperial to bid for service contracts and because the penny-skimping nonskeds can generally underbid...
Past experience should discourage anyone for predicting success in the Heps for Crimson squads. The record in recent years has been one of dismal failure. But this year's cross country team has been something special, even for a Bill McCurdy-coached squad...