Word: dismalness
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...wind and cold made playing conditions even more dismal during the second game, and the hitters for both teams were unable to get anything going until the fifth, when Dartmouth exploded for all four of their runs...
...least one candidate did not survive Wisconsin at all. New York Mayor John Lindsay, with a dismal 7% showing on top of his 7% in Florida, declared himself out of the race. A Muskie aide who had earlier called Lindsay "the wild card in this campaign" remarked last week: "He turned out to be a deuce." Washington Senator Henry Jackson, who won 8% in Wisconsin, remained the darkest of horses, suffering from a massive problem of nonrecognition; on primary day last week, his workers were still distributing a leaflet headlined...
...McGovern's case, his performance in the national polls since the announcement of his candidacy 15 months ago has been downright dismal. The Gallup organization, in all of its national soundings, has shown McGovern running between a minuscule 3% and 6% when pitted against his rivals for the nomination. Indeed, until December the Gallup poll did not even pit McGovern in head-to-head polls with President Nixon and Wallace on the grounds that the voters' awareness of his candidacy was so low that no realistic appraisal of his strength was obtainable. Louis Harris polls show a quite...
Harvard coach Jack Barnaby was unperturbed by the disadvantage his team faced due to the dismal weather. "Rain makes the grass grow, and the ducks really like it," he said. "And if the sun shines tomorrow we'll give Columbia a really good fight," he added...
...second game. Navy defeated Harvard, 16-3, with Steve Leahy. DiSesa and John Hagerty collecting the Crimson goals. Over the years, Harvard has compiled a dismal 0-29-1 record against the Midshipmen...