Word: dismalness
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Bradford isn't the only one with misgivings. "The history of job training is dismal," says Mark Wilson, labor expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation. Yet the Welfare Reform Act will make training more necessary than ever: at least 1.5 million adults now receiving aid will have to find work by 2002. The vibrant economy has already scooped up the top prospects, leaving many who may be burdened by drug addiction, physical abuse, too many children or too little education. Lots of these folks would prefer to be working. But the more cynical think they never will. "The scale...
Even when presented with a do-or-die situation, the Crimson displayed its most dismal performance in recent memory when it squeaked through the preliminary round with a 4-2 win over St. Lawrence and quickly packed its bags for the quarterfinals at Cornell. Once again Harvard was unfazed by its play, knowing full well that the playoffs are an entirely different game...
...placed third at the H-Y-P meet with a dismal score of 78, behind first-place finisher Princeton (22) and second-place Yale (34). Out of the top 15 finishers, Harvard only managed a 14th-place finish by sophomore Scott Muoio with a time...
...realizing how little they really know. As bash fodder, economists are right there with lawyers, politicians and stockbrokers. Economists predicted nine of the last five recessions, remember? Studies show they have less than a 50% success rate predicting whether interest rates will go up or down. That's dismal science, all right. But bashing isn't the goal here. When TIME's Board of Economists met with editors and writers last week, the panel was thoughtful, articulate, even passionate in explaining the unexplainable. The fact remains, though, that economists do not know the future path of the economy any more...
...battered during an interview last week, taking long, contemplative pauses before answering even seemingly simple questions. There was the weight of the world in those pauses--or, just as burdensome, the weight of a relentless Hollywood lobbying campaign against her, a stream of rumors that after a season of dismal ratings, she'll soon...