Word: dismalness
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...cold, the grey, and the dismal emptiness of Providence should have said it all, but the Harvard freshman football team needed to see it for themselves. In their first away game of the season, the Crimson lost an exciting and unpredictable 19-18 match with the Bruins...
Although the team fared poorly as a whole--amassing 192 dismal points--the cool temperatures and hot competition led to fast times for all of Harvard's runners. Eric Schuler, the Crimson's top finisher, came in 18th with a time of 25:10 but said, "This was the best race I have run all year. I liked the course, the temperature was perfect, and the competition was really good...
...gained 205 yards on 16 carries during his senior year at St. Ignatius High in Cleveland, was the workhorse of the drives that put Harvard back in the game in the fourth quarter, carrying 13 times for 76 yards. He was the one bright spot on an otherwise dismal...
...economy around by applying relentlessly monetarist policies has produced staggering 12% unemployment and a host of other alarming statistics. Her approval rating has dropped to 28%, a near-record low for any British Prime Minister. Worried over the prospect of running for re-election on the government's dismal record, a number of Tory backbenchers and some senior party members are openly revolting against her policies and questioning her leadership. In a broadside from the Establishment, the Times of London noted that inflation, unemployment, industrial production, interest rates and public spending were all worse now than when the Tories...
Close-Up; Brattle--The pedestrian in the black coat and the woman in the windbreaker are having a whispered argument over the '50s. He thinks it was the most dismal decade ever. She thinks it was glorious. She says, there would be no trash in the streets and everyone would live in neighborhoods. All the women would wear skirts...