Word: dismalness
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...news is that nothing lasts forever. The universe may not disappear, but as time goes by it may get increasingly uncomfortable, and eventually become unlivable. Calculating how and when this will happen is a genuinely dismal science, but not without a certain grim fascination. The classic Big Bang theory, refined over the decades since the astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered the expanding universe in 1929, suggests that cosmic destiny will be decided through a tug-of-war between two opposing forces. One is the expansion of space, which for more than 10 billion years has been carrying galaxies ever farther apart...
Disgruntled air travelers will hardly be caught off guard by the latest news: Airline service is in a pitiful state. According to a new study from the University of Omaha and Wichita State University, all service indicators, from on-time performance to general passenger treatment, fell to dismal levels during the 1999 travel season. Airlines can give themselves a very small pat on the back for improving one aspect of the travel experience: Baggage-handling complaints were slightly lower in '99 than in the previous year...
...ponder alien life. They're pretty sure it's out there--but they can't prove it, they don't know how big it is, and they haven't a clue if it's dangerous. All of which is creating a bit of a stir among the dismal-science lot as their famous and thought-to-be-flawless colleague, Alan Greenspan, relentlessly jacks up interest rates to wage an undeclared war on this vague creature...
Avenging the setback to No. 11 Ole Miss last Tuesday, the only defeat that the No. 53 Crimson has suffered at home this season, Harvard (2-5, 0-0 Ivy) halted a dismal five-match losing streak by handing Old Dominion (4-6) its second straight loss...
After last season's 13-5 loss to Fairfield in the opener and the dismal season that followed, there was little doubt that the Crimson was trying to start things off differently, as the starters played well into the fourth period and the lead climbed well into double digits...