Word: dismalness
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...explicit it was sold shrink-wrapped). Both books fill a significant void, offering evidence that Southern remained a potent, wildly creative scribe during his last 25 years on this planet. His skill in career-planning never matched his consummate wit and imagination (in fact he was a dismal dealmaker), but at least now his "invisible" years have yielded a number of characteristically strange and amusing stories, articles, and anecdotes...
...Clever would not allow his collegiate career to end in such dismal fashion. He delivered a clutch 67.82-meter throw to move up to ninth place in the competition and advance to the finals and earn All-American status...
...time when public engagement in many schools is downright dismal, Hand has captured the attention--and the donations--of its neighbors by turning into an old-fashioned community center. Hand keeps the hours of a convenience store: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., open all but five weekdays a year. Senior citizens tutor teenagers, and preschoolers take computer classes here. Professors from the nearby University of South Carolina stop by to lecture students. The city council often meets in the school gymnasium. "Everybody comes here. It makes you think like, O.K., I can get into this too," says eighth-grader Frankie...
...Kerrey flourished in the Senate, where his candor and maverick streak made him a man to respect. But after his dismal 1992 presidential bid, his life took a new direction. He fell in love; a close friend his age died. "He was starting to look at his life in a lot of different ways," says Steve Jarding, his chief political operative at the time. In late 1998, Kerrey considered another White House run in 2000, then decided against it. As a result, Newsweek opted not to publish Vistica's story. "There's something going on in your psyche," Jarding told...
Kerrey flourished in the Senate, where his candor and maverick streak made him a man to respect. But after his dismal 1992 presidential bid, his life took a new direction. He fell in love; a close friend his age died. "He was starting to look at his life in a lot of different ways," says Steve Jarding, his chief political operative at the time. In late 1998, Kerrey considered another White House run in 2000, then decided against it. As a result, Newsweek opted not to publish Vistica's story. "There's something going on in your psyche," Jarding told...