Word: dismalness
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...said that the job of House master has become much less sought after in recent years, but added that Mather House would not suffer from any further lack of prestige, since its image has improved greatly in the past few years after a rather dismal start...
...early stages of such a dismal winter, a reviewer's heart naturally turns to Ten Best lists. But it's hard to think of ten best movies when there weren't even ten good ones. And while there were ten good books published last year, who had time to read them? So one is forced back on enumerating under one's breath the minor pleasures in life, the things that--if they bring no new thrills or reasons to go on living--at least stay predictably comfortable. The rich nap of carpeting in Hilles as one crams for an hourly...
When Carter stood on another stage some 2000 miles away, arm-in-arm with hell-raisin', needle-poppin', perversely angelic Gregg Allman, waving to a generally stoned-out, dismal and politically-indifferent throng of the type that drab-and-dreary Providence seems to muster best, he seemed once again ill-at-ease but nevertheless convivial. Once again, he gave the crowd what it wanted--this time, a short speech, and the Allman Brothers Band. To a chorus of chortles and hisses, Carter raised his arms like a quarterback beckoning for audibility, and said...
...foilsmen Phillippe Bennet, John Major, and freshman Eugene Vastola all proved effective, each posting two wins against one loss. They could not, however, make up for the dismal showing of the epee men, who were outparried seven out of the nine times they took to the fencing strip...
There is always something charismatic about the Ivy field hockey version of 'The Game.' Last year, Radcliffe salvaged a dismal season by knotting the Bulldogs in Cambridge...