Word: dismalness
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Meanwhile, when it comes to actually helping drug addicts, the Reagan record is, not surprisingly, dismal. Detoxification centers--lacking adequate funding--must turn away addicts daily. In fact, things have only gotten worse for those trying to get off drugs. Centers which once treated heroin addicts free of charge now must charge their patients substantial fees as a result of Reagan's budget cuts...
...Spartans brought home the gold, while the Crimson took a dismal bus ride back to Cambridge...
...niche for itself as a groundbreaking producer of small classics like the Nash Rambler, in competition with what Romney called the "gas-guzzling dinosaurs" of Detroit's Big Three. After Romney's departure, the firm tried to compete head to head with the Big Three, with increasingly dismal results. The company's last big coup came in 1970, when it bought Kaiser-Jeep, the manufacturer of the descendants of those rugged vehicles that become famous for carting around the American military during World...
...whole notion of the United States being occupied by the Soviet Union is absurd--there are many dismal possibilities, but that's not one of them," said Ulam. He said the Soviet government would never choose to launch such a major invasion because "they have enough trouble with their own people...
Suddenly, though, Rossignol's reputation has taken a spill. French skiers, ! two-thirds of whom use skis supplied by Rossignol or its Dynastar subsidiary, have had a dismal season. It culminated earlier this month with their total failure at the world championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. While Swiss skiers claimed eight gold medals and even tiny Luxembourg carried off a gold, not one of the 30 prizes at stake was won by a French skier. The dejected French competitors blamed the bad showing on their skis and on poor preparation by the team's technical support staff, most of whom...