Word: dismalness
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...crime is likely to occur. Those petty disturbances are the ones that trouble and frighten ordinary citizens the most. In turn, their fear acts like an acid to disintegrate neighborhood ties. It leads citizens to shun the streets and abdicate responsibility for conditions outside their doors. That invites a dismal cycle of deteriorating conditions, more fear -- and more crime...
Analysts blame the slow economy for only a part of Atlantic City's dismal showing. Unlike Las Vegas, the New Jersey coastal town has no major airport or convention center and is not open 24 hours a day. Concludes gaming analyst David Leibowitz, with restraint: "Atlantic City can't outglitz Las Vegas...
Despite the numerous man-down situations, the Harvard defense remained firm through most of the game, as Cornell turned in a dismal 1-11 on man-up opportunities. The one conversion, a Joe Lando tally off a Mike Kramer slashing penalty, gave Cornell its first lead of the game, 7-6, at 7:55 in the fourth quarter...
What's going on here? The U.S. is still slogging through a painful recession, and several major new economic measures fly in the face of optimism. Just last week the Bush Administration issued one of the most dismal housing reports since the depths of the 1982 recession: new-home sales declined 12% in January. At the same time, housing starts were down 13%. Sales of existing homes were off 7%, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Labor Department reported Friday that unemployment surged to 6.5% in February, up from 6.2% a month earlier, in the biggest one-month...
That doesn't sound like a recipe for a housing revival. But in a world that has seen a Middle East ground war waged and won in 100 hours, January -- the month chronicled in those dismal federal figures -- is ancient history. In the past few weeks, growing numbers of Americans have concluded that now is the time to look for a place to call their...