Word: dismalness
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...that well the Crimson must, for one, overcome a psychological disadvantage built up over recent years. In both 1968 and 1969, Harvard entered the meet with high hopes, only to be disappointed. Last year, for example, Mike Koerner was the team's highest finisher, placing a dismal 115th. Harvard was 29th...
...result, Villanova more or less counts on a mediocre performance by the Crimson. "Harvard always takes the apple [chokes]," Villanova harrier Andy O'Reilly asserted after last year's meet. "And Villanova always seems to come through." This dismal pattern may. in part, explain why Harvard is concentrating on second place...
...still alive. More than any other American rock group, the Velvet Underground seemed to be toying with the kind of violent apocalyptic energy which could ultimately consume itself. In fact, Cale survived the Velvet Underground, and has now produced, by himself, one of the few important albums of this dismal year of rock and roll. And perhaps Cale's survival qualifies him to say something about how to preserve whatever part of the rock spirit is still left...
...supposed to be an off-year for the freshman cross country team, and early season meets easily confirmed the dismal expectations. But lately the Yardlings have been turning in some pleasant surprises...
...along the Eastern seaboard. Then he made a one-night stand on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. The stocky, moon-faced comic became-quite literally-a star overnight. Now his own NBC-TV variety hour, The Flip Wilson Show, is the most successful new hour in an otherwise dismal fall season...