Word: dismalness
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...combination of a stunning 82-75 loss to Harvard, elimination from the race for the Ivy crown and the oh-so-great weather added up to quite a dismal night for the Lions...
Hartford forced the Crimson into a shooting that can only be described as ugly. In the first half, Harvard shot a dismal .292 from the field, although the Crimson fared better from international waters, sinking three of six shots from behind...
...because no matter what policies the new Administration pursues, the fate of the recovery will ultimately rest on the willingness of companies to start hiring again. So far, the outlook seems stubbornly dim. A recent American Management Association index of the hiring plans of 785 companies stands at a dismal 9.6 on a scale of 100. A growing economy would normally produce an index at least in the 30s. "This recovery will be limited to fewer jobs and lower incomes than at any other time in the postwar period," says Lawrence Mishel, research director of the Economic Policy Institute...
...Saddam's primary audience was elsewhere. His chest-pounding provocations were a classic barbarians-at-the-gate strategy, designed to deflect attention from the dismal economic situation at home, heightened by U.N. sanctions, that has left Iraqis hunting daily for food. His police apparatus has reasserted its grip since the war, so citizens harbor few doubts that Saddam is still in charge. But he may have cause to worry about his 400,000-man armed forces. Kurds and other opponents have spread stories of anti-Saddam moles within the armed forces, particularly those stationed far from Baghdad. "I think...
...RETAILERS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED FOR Christmas this year. After several holiday shopping seasons that ranged from dismal to desperate, the final tally for 1992 gave merchants and economists that rosy glow: helped by an obliging calendar that provided two extra shopping days this year, consumers converged on cash registers across the country to spread holiday cheer...