Word: dismalness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong first-half finish followed a see-saw first quarter which had the Elis up by only three. And for most of the second quarter, the Ivy champs looked dismal as the Big Green capitalized on three Yale mistakes to move deep into Bulldog territory...
...cold, the grey, and the dismal emptiness of Providence should have said it all, but the Harvard freshman football team needed to see it for themselves. In their first away game of the season, the Crimson lost an exciting and unpredictable 19-18 match with the Bruins...
Although the team fared poorly as a whole--amassing 192 dismal points--the cool temperatures and hot competition led to fast times for all of Harvard's runners. Eric Schuler, the Crimson's top finisher, came in 18th with a time of 25:10 but said, "This was the best race I have run all year. I liked the course, the temperature was perfect, and the competition was really good...
...captain Margaret Cheng. confident that the team can improve on last year's dismal 0-6 record in the championships said yesterday, "Last year we were just a club team, and we couldn't practice more than a few times a week--this year we are ready to play." Cheng, a Kirkland House junior and the team's setter, added that, "It is a good sign that we have already won against three of the teams in the tournament...
...economy around by applying relentlessly monetarist policies has produced staggering 12% unemployment and a host of other alarming statistics. Her approval rating has dropped to 28%, a near-record low for any British Prime Minister. Worried over the prospect of running for re-election on the government's dismal record, a number of Tory backbenchers and some senior party members are openly revolting against her policies and questioning her leadership. In a broadside from the Establishment, the Times of London noted that inflation, unemployment, industrial production, interest rates and public spending were all worse now than when the Tories...