Word: dismalness
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Sunday: After a dismal 3-1 loss to the Yokohama Bay Stars, the Giants are just one game ahead of the Chunichi Dragons. Angry fans boo manager Shigeo Nagashima, littering the field with discarded megaphones ($6 each). Analysts link the team's slump to the lackluster performance of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Tuesday: Outfielder Dan Gladden, left, formerly of the Detroit Tigers, dons a kamikaze bandanna for courage. But the crucial game against the Dragons is rained out. Wednesday: Tied with Dragons after disastrous 0-1 defeat. Thursday: Rematch scratched as tropical typhoon Orchid hits...
...After a dismal first round on Sunday, played in driving rains and generally sloppy conditions, Crimson golfers found themselves in tenth-place in a field of twelve, with a lackluster one-day total...
...officials at the Gund Hall precinct reported that 142 out of 1,07 potential voters had cast their ballots. Similar dismal turnouts were reported at two other precincts in the Harvard Square area...
...could, right? After all, this season is cut and dried. It's simply a matter of looking at numbers. The Crimson went 4-8-3 last year. It averaged a little over one goal a game. It lost its top three scorers to graduation. It will be a dismal season...
...after China sweetened a much criticized U.S. trade deal with a promise to reopen dialogue over its dismal human-rights policies, the Chinese government detained a leading dissident and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. Police took the dissident, Wang Dan, from his home for questioning but released him seven hours later. That's the second time he's been detained since U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown arrived Saturday for a Beijing visit. Brown had declared yesterday's offer a vindication of the U.S. decision to stop threatening to link China's most-favored-nation trade status and human...