Word: dismalness
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...show Carter is in danger of losing, some party leaders are more likely to submerge their jealousies in the interest of capturing the White House. Carter be came markedly more aggressive on the stump, refocusing attention on what is his strongest issue: the economy. He was aided by some dismal statistics showing that 2.5 million Americans last year sank below the poverty line ($5,469 for a nonfarm family of four) and by reports from economists that recovery has slowed during the third quarter (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). In Buffalo, Carter charged that Ford was "even worse" than Richard Nixon...
...concludes, "how much more horrific the history of these last 2,000 years must have been!" Given Johnson's grim recital of human frailty, that may seem more like faith than history. But, as he disturbingly observes, the first glimpses of a deChristianized secular future are most dismal indeed...
...this year, either. When Rick Burleson singaled to score Butch Hobson in the 15th inning Sunday, Fenway's dismal affair with the 1976 ended. As the right field bleachers clock steadily ticked off the final minutes of the season, a sign hanging below it already proclaimed next spring's hopes: "WE'LL GET 'EM NEXT YEAR! SOX of '77 NO. 1." As Burleson singled, the clock solemnly proclaimed "6:09," then shut...
...truth, of course, is that no parody is intended in The Widow's Children. The author sets her dismal characters in their tedious situation quite seriously, as if advancing the theory that any well-described vacuum constitutes a novel. The central non-event of the evening is that Laura's own mother Alma has died a few hours ago, but only Laura knows this. She refuses to tell anyone, presumably because the evening will seem even more pointless and ghastly when the truth finally is learned. "One has to take your mother seriously, but not in the usual...
...professional side, the Red Sox and Patriots will both be in town, one to finish off a dismal year while the other tries to continue an amazing string of successes...