Word: dismalness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Martin Davies, as Edgar, often manages to escape Sellars' designs. His sweet British accent gives Shakespeare's poetry its proper melody. And his transformation from Eton dupe to London punk adds a clever twist to Sellars' dismal view of modern civilization...
...competitive streak nowhere appears in any of the accounts of his White House days," the authors write. This about the man who said he would whip his opponent's ass. And "crisis thinking," the authors tell us, "runs counter to Carter's instincts." A terrific politician, perhaps--but a dismal leader...
Once again the Crimson lost the lead with a dismal showing in the middle bouts. Yale's Paul Myers caught 150-pounder A1 Montgomery off guard at the buzzer for another take down. The final two points stretched the victory margin to eight points, just enough for the decision in Myers' 12-4 victory. An even bigger gap gave Rick Wetzler the decision in his 19-6 mauling of Crimson co-captain Doug Mason...
Finally though, a dismal 56 per cent free-throw average and a failure to play 40 minutes all-out basketball doomed the hoopster's fortunes...
...bait Carter to see whether he cannot get the President to impale himself fatally on some verbal shaft. Remember Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. Nixon had sweat on his upper lip, and people did not like his looks. Nixon may have lost the 1960 election in a few dismal seconds on the tube. There are a lot of people still around who wonder if that was any way to choose...