Word: dismalness
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...Ohio in 2004 were called Democratic on the basis of exit polls before mysteriously ending up on the GOP side, costing the Democrats both elections. In the two cases, state officials at the helm of the electoral process were GOP loyalists, intimately involved in the presidential campaigns. With a dismal ethics record and an ideologically rationalized "end justifies the means" worldview, is there any doubt that an increasingly desperate Republican Party will continue to resort to what has worked in the past? Francisco Rocco, LOS ANGELES
Excluding the financial sector, which is living through its own nightmarish quarter, the consensus analyst expectation is that S&P 500 earnings will surpass last year's dismal fourth quarter by a slim 1.2%, a figure that may soon fall into negative territory...
...viewpoints. "There's a lot of disagreement about how bad the economy will get," says Tim Gaumer, director of fundamental research for Starmine, an investment research firm, "but analysts are still more optimistic than economists, who say we'll be lucky if we see 0% growth in 2009." A dismal science, indeed...
...Guide," it was called, as though he were taking you on a tour, but one prone to dwell on the sketchiest roadside attractions. In a photo by Eggleston there might be a sunbeam that sweetly anoints a full dish rack on a white sink. There might also be a dismal suburban tract house or a bunch of plastic bottles scattered across a dirt road. It was a make-of-it-what-you-will exhibition, and a lot of critics didn't know what to make of it. The Times critic called it "perfectly boring...
...rise of China, the bluster of boom-and-bust Russia, the murky threat of Iran and the accelerating decay of Pakistan. Between the economic crisis at home and the geopolitical cauldron abroad, the new President's agenda will be largely predetermined. He might wish he could shrug off this dismal inheritance and devote himself to the shiny projects cataloged on his campaign website - but that's beyond his power...