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...there were some break in this monotony, things would not be quite so dismal. But only three of the children in the ward go to school, and that lasts less than two hours...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: For a Friend in the Snakepit | 10/5/1973 | See Source »

...peasants and the middle class before the coup. He said the middle class had hoarded food and necessary consumer products to cause shortages and crises among the peasants. After the coup, he said, most of the items which had been in scarce supply reappeared on the market. Despite his dismal prediction for the years ahead in Chile. Dominguez cited the country's tradition of "well-organized and systematically competitive political parties." Although political parties have been abolished by the military junta, he concluded "Chile is a country where there is much the military and politicians cannot prevent...

Author: By Travis P. Dungan, | Title: Dominguez Says Repression In Chile to Remain Strong | 10/3/1973 | See Source »

...still cheering for a squad that had a dismal record of 3-11 last season and an 0-2 start this year? The answer to that, my fellow New Englanders, is probably why you should feel sorry for the Patriots fan who is wallowing in enternal defeat...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Gamesmanship | 9/26/1973 | See Source »

Saturday was cloudy, cold and windy. Not a good day for a football scrimmage. Providence, R.I. is bleak and dismal when it is cloudy, it is cold and windy. Saturday was not a good day to visit Providence, R.I. Harvard's football team had a scrimmage against Brown on Saturday. In the Providence, R.I. In cloudy, cold, windy, bleak and dismal Providence, R.I. So I went to Providence, R.I. too. On a day that was both a bad day for a football scrimmage and a bad day to visit Providence, R.I. And that about sums...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...began to think about how ludicrous it all seemed. There I was watching a football scrimmage on a cloudy, cold and windy day. In a city that is bleak and dismal when it is cloudy, cold and windy. I'd nearly gotten into a fight because I'd wanted to take pictures. I'd had my camera taken away. Then my camera was given back to me and I was told that I could take pictures after all. I was cold...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

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