Word: dismalness
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Harry Truman seemed a dismal specimen right into middle age--a failed haberdasher condemned to live with his dreadnought mother-in-law, trapped in a W.C. Fields movie. Truman hardly looked much better by the time F.D.R.'s death made him President in 1945. Yet he did pretty well in the office...
Harry Truman seemed a dismal specimen right into middle age - a failed haberdasher condemned to live with his dreadnought mother-in-law, trapped in a W. C. Fields movie. Truman hardly looked much better by the time Franklin Roosevelt's death made him president in 1945. Yet he did pretty well in the office...
That doesn't mean it's haunting Wall Street. On the contrary, after a few years of dismal performance, the stocks of electric utilities--traditionally viewed as boring, safe investments more akin to bonds--have heated up this year, gaining around 5% in a choppy market. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have made bets on the sector, investing in MidAmerican Energy and Avista, respectively. Stodgy, flat-footed utilities aren't going bankrupt, as predicted, but restructuring to tap the competitive markets. Given their background, though, it's not an easy switch. "These companies didn't consider themselves to have customers...
...Chicago district, plagued by dismal standardized test scores, hopes this new approach will increase parental involvement, especially among its many teenage and first-time parents. "Teachers walk around moaning that it's all the parents' fault," says Chicago's schools chief, Paul Vallas. "This program will take away those excuses...
...NCAA opponent that chooses to look past Harvard because of that dismal start will be in for a big surprise...