Word: dismalness
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After receiving a dismal thrashing from Brown, 34-11, in the first part of a triangular meet Saturday in Providence, the grapplers delivered a victory, custom designed by Hollywood, defeating Central Connecticut College...
...workplace." Lately he has been lobbying for across-the-board raises. Hairston believes in discipline (which he prefers to call "reality therapy") and has greatly diversified the curriculum -- "from dance to drafting," even to Russian. Under such policies reading scores have soared into the 87th percentile nationally from a dismal 28th. Math scores are up from 60% to 85%. This miracle has been pulled off in a mere year and a half, which, Hairston claims, is plenty of time "if you have an organizational structure, economy and support; if you know what you want...
...banks, abysmal loans add up to dismal profits and 200 closures. -- Pennzoil gets $3 billion. -- Boesky gets three years...
Under the pressure of dismal economic conditions, Jaruzelski has already begun to usher in some reforms. In a move to consolidate the country's bloated bureaucracy, for example, the regime trimmed 31 government ministries down to 23, eliminating 3,000 jobs. Some analysts speculated that the referendum defeat was actually welcomed by certain factions within the regime, including an odd coalition of hard-liners who resist any liberalization in Poland and ardent reformers who want even more drastic measures. But the outcome provided scant encouragement for those hoping that the belt-tightening reforms would allow the country to begin chipping...
ECAC vs. Hockey East: In the three years since Hockey East formed from teams ceding from the ECAC, the young league has had a dismal 2-6-1 record in non-tournament, interconference games against the older conference...