Word: dismalness
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...seen the last of Hizballah when he ended a 22-year military occupation of southern Lebanon in May. Many Lebanese, including some Hizballah moderates, expected the group to downsize its guerrilla activities and become a conventional political party. But Hizballah's political ambitions were toasted by a dismal showing in parliamentary elections in September. So, with the blessing of Iran, which has supported Hizballah for years, the group has returned to its path of violent resistance...
...casino, and survival rates soar. Reports show that in casinos the heart-shocking devices rescued 53% of people in cardiac arrest. On airplanes, where it's easier to confuse an unconscious passenger with, say, a sleeping one, they saved 40%. U.S. survival rates, by comparison, are a dismal 5% because of time lost waiting for the paramedics. The findings are so encouraging that doctors want defibrillators (cost: $3,000) to become as commonplace as fire extinguishers...
Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein, has been teaching the dismal science at Harvard for over 30 years...
...With a dismal 1-3 league record, Harvard needs a win against the Big Green to improve its seeding in the upcoming Ivy League Tournament and improve its chances for an NCAA playoff berth...
...awarded in 1901. And that's how it will be again this week when the calls go out from Stockholm and the prize completes its first century. Winners are being announced in the fields of Physics, Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine, along with a relatively new category, Economics ("the dismal science"), added in 1969. The Nobel for Peace will also be announced this week; for Literature by month...