Word: dismalness
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...hapless varsity stickmen, under the helm of skipper Bruce Munro for the last time, completed a dismal season by topping the Big Green, 6-4, for only their third win against six losses...
Sagan can still write gracefully about solitude, imagination and love. But it is hard to care very much that she feels modern life is "truly unacceptable to any civilized person." One possibly inadvertent revelation is notable. The book shows a constant, dismal preoccupation with the author's public image. Like her characters, she is unvaryingly selfconscious, whether gloomy or skittish ("Tm raving and talking nonsense, but so what!"). Early on, Françoise Sagan confides: "I even doubt whether I'll show this to my publisher." There was merit in that doubt...
...astonishing that Mrs. Luce berates the press for reporting the facts of Richard Nixon's dismal career. Her sour-grapes ukase harks back to the Byzantine protocol that required the beheading of the messenger who bore evil tidings...
Marichal said the colonial wars had drained the country's resources and locked most of its people into an "absolutely incredible" state of poverty. Rogers added that the dismal conditions within the country, aggravated by the repressive military draft, had prompted an exodus to western Europe and the United States that further limited the possibilities of economic improvement...
...third doubles unit of Reiner and Baird smashed Eick and Ferring, 6-2, 6-4, to end a dismal day for the Bruins. Harvard currently stands 6-4 overall, with EITA victories over Brown and Navy and league losses to the Lions and Quakers...