Word: dismalness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this season is a disaster because the crop was killed off by a cold snap in December. Last week the nets were pulling in a disappointing 500 lbs. or less. For hundreds of fisher men in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida who make their living from shrimp the dismal catch has brought severe financial strains. Many fear foreclosure on their boats and homes. Says Leonard Crosby, president of the Bryan County (Ga.) Fishermen's Cooperative: "It's the worst I've seen in my 16 years as a fisherman...
...with their erroneous predictions [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Aug. 27]. The blame must lie with the schools of business administration and their brash M.B.A.s. Their ardent embrace of econometrics and the computer has caused them to abandon the philosophical concepts of economics. Business schools should re-examine their precepts before the dismal science disappears...
...Reagan lose any time getting on the campaign trail. At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Chicago, he accused the Democrats of being responsible for a "dismal chapter of failed policies and self-doubt." They "claimed to be for a strong defense, he chided, while advocating the cancellation of the B-1B bomber and MX missile and supporting a nuclear arms freeze. That sort of stance, he said, reminded him of the saying, "Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build...
Some members of the Reagan Administration find the Soviets equally difficult to deal with. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick sounded that theme in her address last week before the Republican National Convention. Reagan's 1980 election victory, she said, marked the end of a "dismal period of retreat and decline," in which the Soviets had built up their arsenal and expanded their global influence. Blasting critics of Reagan policy, Kirkpatrick recited a litany of Soviet actions from the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan to the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 a year ago this week...
They call it the sweet science, but at the conclusion of the Olympic boxing competition Saturday, fight fans could be forgiven for thinking that what they saw was more like a gloved version of the dismal science instead. Economics, not fisticuffs, was on everybody's mind. "After I get that gold medal, I'm turning pro," declared Lightweight Winner Pernell Whitaker, 20, before the tournament began. Boasted Flyweight Gold Medalist Steve McCrory, 20, younger brother of World Boxing Council Welterweight Champ Milton, after the semifinals: "I'm going to make this the richest division in boxing...