Word: dismalness
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...year, says Eckstein, is "set in concrete" by trends already well under way. The latter part of the year, of course, will be decisively affected by policy actions made now. Still, assuming some easing of policy soon, the shape of next year's economy seems fairly clear-if dismal-to the Board of Economists. Their forecast in detail...
...dismal science of economics has no more grim indicator of what is happening in the nation than the number of men who are forced to find refuge, as best they can, in the squalor of Manhattan's Bowery. This week the city-operated Men's Shelter in the slum will give Thanksgiving dinners to some 2,000 people, an increase of more than 50% over 1973's figure. The number who are seeking out the shelter day to day is up 22% in a year's time and includes the largest group of young men seen...
...Sakharov's hopes of convergence are not a well-grounded scientific theory but a moral yearning to save man from the ultimate nuclear sin, to avoid nuclear catastrophe. If we are concerned with solving mankind's moral problems, the prospect of convergence is a somewhat dismal one: if two societies, each afflicted with its own vices, gradually draw together and merge into one, "what will they produce? A society doubly immoral through cross-fertilization...
Even when lawyers are made available, the quality of representation is frequently dismal. In some cities, public defenders have picked up the new mass of defendants without a commensurate increase in staff. Elsewhere, court-assigned counsel are used-"usually novices gaining experience, or court 'regulars.' " Whoever the lawyer is, he usually meets his client for the first time only minutes before the trial. The study calls this "hallway advocacy" and criticizes "most of the legal profession" and the law schools for shunning the lower criminal courts and letting them remain "invisible and disreputable." To make new lawyers aware...
...Louis falters, the Washington Redskins are prepared to pounce, led by the aging master of the clutch pass, Sonny Jurgensen, 41. Not far behind are the Dallas Cowboys, who have bounced back from a dismal start with the help of powerful running by Fullback Calvin Hill. Whoever wins in the East will probably have the dubious pleasure of facing the rugged Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs, while the N.F.C.'s wildcard team-probably the runner-up in the East-will play the Los Angeles Rams, directed by gifted black Quarterback Jim Harris...