Word: dismalness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today, his union's fortunes are dismal. With 194,000 active members, and 90,000 retirees to represent (peak membership: 600,000 in 1946), the U.M.W. is badly wounded. Three of the four pension and medical-benefit trust funds are broke. The union, which owns more than 75% of the National Bank of Washington (assets: $682 million), real estate in the capital and a Western fuel company, may have to sell some of its holdings. Perhaps most troubling of all, the U.M.W. is in a state of near anarchy, having overwhelmingly rejected its leadership's call to ratify...
Cornell's first-half performance gave no inkling of the game's eventual outcome; it had only scored 24 points after 17 minutes and could only total 31 for the entire half thanks to a dismal .385 shooting percentage and some tough Harvard defense. Harvard didn't play much better offensively, tallying only 39 points for the half. Worse was the fact that Banks and Fine had drawn three fouls apiece. Coach Frank McLaughlin was forced to keep Banks, the game's top rebounder with ten, and Fine, the team's playmaker, languishing on the bench...
Even the "we almost won" game against Princeton the night before reinforced Coach Frank McLaughlin's words about the dismal beginning of the season: "We knew we were going to lose but it was going to be exciting...
After years of dismal earnings, the major carriers registered a combined record $600 million profit last year, up from $343 million in 1976. Profits this year are expected by several Wall Street investment analysts to rise to the $700 million area. True, much of the recent increase has come not from flying but from plane sales, tax credits and hotel subsidiaries. Indeed, some carriers?Eastern, TWA, Northwest, Western?show declining operating profits. But the competition for passengers, especially nonbusiness travelers who make up 48% of the traffic, is certain to remain intense. So the number of low-cost fares will...
...presents his most extensive look yet at The Road; the album was recorded live on tour last summer, and the material deals exclusively with the traveling life of the pop star. As a concept album, it's a real triumph; as a Jackson Browne album, however, it's a dismal flop...