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Word: dismalness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unless the hockey team can rise to Olympian heights, tonight's 8:30 o'clock tilt with Dartmouth should be little more than the crowning blow to an already dismal week on the rink. Unable to produce against B.U. or Princeton, there seems little hope for the Crimson to beat a Big Green outfit that has won 15 games in 16 starts this season...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Fast Indian Skaters Stalk Crimson Scalps in Arena Embroglio Tonight | 2/18/1948 | See Source »

Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, blasted last night the State Department, Congress, and the press for their "dismal failure" in the realm of foreign affairs. He spoke before an overflow crowd of 200 in the Littauer Auditorium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Friedrich Attacks 'Dismal' Foreign Policy, U.S. Press | 2/11/1948 | See Source »

Only bright spot on a dismal Saturday night was Wait McCurdy, who continued his fine set-shot swishing and ended up the team's high scorer with 16 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Felton Sets 35-Ib. Weight-Toss Mark; Cornell Defeats Crimson Five, 57-45 | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

During November, which suffered some dismal box-office dumps,* Amber grossed a sensational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Greek Gift | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

While current premier Sophoulis "tries" to effect liberal rule, Tsouderos elaborated, "his hands are tied by an extreme rightist majority. Illustration of this lies in the dismal failure of the mildest efforts to alter the organization of the Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Greek Anti-Royalist Leader Decries Rightist Grip on Sophoulis Regime | 11/20/1947 | See Source »

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