Word: dismalness
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...diligent, efficient and thrifty. But, such exhortations have been is sued countless times before without conspicuously inspiring the labor force. The congress did not really come to grips with any of the basic problems " says an analyst in Moscow. "The consumer was shown a future that is implicitly dismal. There is no sign of reapportioning resources, no adjustment in who gets a larger slice of the pie. There is no clue about how, specifically, they will deal with the shortage of labor and the need for higher productivity...
Though the B-school is well-endowed in comparison to other schools, the oversupply of graduates with MBA-degrees and a dismal economic climate could cause declining enrollment and force the school to make some cutbacks, McArthur added...
...second half proved a different story. Despite some strong performances by Pat Horne--14 points on the game--and Elaine Holpuch--12 points, 12 rebounds--the Crimson managed to hit only a dismal 30 per cent from the floor during the second half...
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...this embarrassing and potentially bank-breaking situation. The book is quite simply the best exposition of the subject available to the general reader. This is not surprising since Goodman, a former magazine journalist, financial editor and investment manager, writes about economics as a lively art, not as a dismal science. Here he is pondering the Big Bang theory of real estate: "Why should bricks and mortar, wood and paint, increase in price even faster than inflation? It is because not only is the currency diminishing in its worth relative to fixed objects, but belief in the currency is diminishing even...