Word: dismalness
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...That dismal prospect was central to a political drama that began two weeks ago. Senate Republican leaders met with Administration officials to cobble together some kind of budget for fiscal 1983 that would produce overall federal deficits less gaping than those foreseeable under President Reagan's initial proposals. They agreed on a resolution calling for, among other things, $40 billion in "savings" to be taken out of the $568 billion in Social Security expenditures now expected over the next three fiscal years. The $40 billion represents about the amount by which Social Security benefit payments are expected to exceed...
Even the country's main opposition groups, despite their criticism of the ruling junta's internal policies and dismal economic performance, have strongly backed the leadership on this issue. Explained Air Force Chaplain Father Roque Manuel Puyelli, who spent three weeks on the occupied islands: "The Argentine people are certain about this war and what it means. Only two days before the invasion everybody could sense the dissension within the country, problems with the working classes. After the invasion, all the other problems went back behind the curtain, a long way away." Not surprisingly, government officials have been...
Despite its dismal performance, the Crimson will not have to return right away to the rigors of academic. Harvard faces Ohio University, the loser in yesterday's game against Penn State in a consolation round this morning...
...power in the Kremlin could be clarified at month's end when the Soviet leadership may convene for a Central Committee meeting devoted to the problems of the Soviet economy. According to official Soviet figures, 1982 got off to an inauspiciously slow start. The first quarter showed a dismal growth rate of 2.1%, well below the 4.7% Brezhnev hopes to achieve over the full year...
With interest rates high and sales projections dismal throughout virtually all of American industry, few businessmen seem eager to start hastily rebuilding their stocks to former levels. Instead, more and more firms are studying ways to hold down costs and operate with leaner inventories...