Word: dismalness
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...claimed they were half strength. He never lost control, just looked stunned. He quit cold turkey in the White House, switching to Fresca and root beer. For whatever reason, his presidency went downhill thereafter. White House abstinence was tried by Rutherford Hayes, Calvin Coolidge and Jimmy Carter. Results were dismal...
This prospect is not so dismal as it sounds. If protected well, the remaining quarter-million elephants would be a large enough population to thrive and multiply again. In fact, David Western, director of WCI, asserts that if allowed to grow old and die naturally, the elephants in these herds could probably supply enough tusks to support an ivory market larger than today's illegal business...
...Stroessner's political demise with little optimism. Despite some appealing rhetoric, few believe Rodriguez will institute democratic reform. "Most likely, it's going to be more of the same," said a senior military analyst. The anti-Communist Stroessner has long been one of Washington's staunchest backers. But his dismal record on human rights compelled successive U.S. Administrations to denounce Stroessner as a dictator...
...Despite dismal shooting from the field (37percent), the Crimson escaped to the locker roomonly 7 points down, thanks to 10-for-11 shootingfrom the line and a top-of-the-key jumper by Jameswith four seconds left in the half.Last Night's Game
...face "popular justice." Gomez, a normally outspoken member of the right-wing ARENA party, knew exactly what * the last phrase meant. In the past year, eight mayors who ignored similar F.M.L.N. invitations to quit had been "executed," as the rebels call their political murders. Unwilling to become another dismal statistic, Gomez joined 42 other mayors who have capitulated to the F.M.L.N.'s strong-arm tactics...