Word: dismalness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victim of the outrageous theory that he had known about the Watergate break-in in advance and permitted it in order to embarrass the Republican Party. Still, O'Brien confesses, "the three worst months of my life-a nightmare" were spent in George McGovern's dismal 1972 campaign...
...almost daily drumbeat of dismal news about falling production and growing unemployment made a turn toward more stimulus of the economy unavoidable. As car sales continued to skid, Detroit announced plans for more production cutbacks; that will add substantially to the 205,000 auto workers -about 25% of the auto-industry labor force-already idled and further bloat the nation's jobless rate, which is expected to swell to as much as 8% next year from its present 6.5%. According to a forecast issued by the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development last week, the U.S. will...
...year, says Eckstein, is "set in concrete" by trends already well under way. The latter part of the year, of course, will be decisively affected by policy actions made now. Still, assuming some easing of policy soon, the shape of next year's economy seems fairly clear-if dismal-to the Board of Economists. Their forecast in detail...
...dismal science of economics has no more grim indicator of what is happening in the nation than the number of men who are forced to find refuge, as best they can, in the squalor of Manhattan's Bowery. This week the city-operated Men's Shelter in the slum will give Thanksgiving dinners to some 2,000 people, an increase of more than 50% over 1973's figure. The number who are seeking out the shelter day to day is up 22% in a year's time and includes the largest group of young men seen...
...Louis falters, the Washington Redskins are prepared to pounce, led by the aging master of the clutch pass, Sonny Jurgensen, 41. Not far behind are the Dallas Cowboys, who have bounced back from a dismal start with the help of powerful running by Fullback Calvin Hill. Whoever wins in the East will probably have the dubious pleasure of facing the rugged Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs, while the N.F.C.'s wildcard team-probably the runner-up in the East-will play the Los Angeles Rams, directed by gifted black Quarterback Jim Harris...