Word: dismalness
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...again end in disillusionment. The accord might also tempt the Eastern Europeans to move too far and too fast in seeking accommodation with the West. If that happens, Soviet leaders may decide to reassert the Brezhnev Doctrine-just as they did in Czechoslovakia two years ago. Because of the dismal failure of Soviet-style Communism to develop healthy roots in Eastern Europe, Communism may face greater risks than the West by the creation of a more relaxed atmosphere...
...salvage something from the trials by boxing out Intrepid at the gun and going on to win a hard-fought race by 1 min. 50 sec. Final tally: 9 victories, 1 loss for Intrepid; 4 victories, 6 losses for Valiant. Heritage was just about out of it with a dismal 2-7 record...
...encouraging thing about this season is that it will be an improvement, as opposed to the attitude with which Harvard was forced to approach the dismal 1969 season after the magic of 1968; there was simply nowhere to go but down, despite all the returning lettermen...
First, the 1969 consolidated net earnings were a dismal disappointment. They came to only $10.3 million-down from $14.4 million in 1968, and far from Cornfeld's predictions that I.O.S. would "double its income every year." Had it not been for a controversial revaluation of some of the company's Arctic oil lands, I.O.S. would have earned less than $600,000. More important, the 1969 earnings were reduced by a $4,000,000 reserve set up to cover "potential losses" from "certain transactions," notably company loans to its own and affiliated officers, directors and employees. Some of them...
White Book. Schmidt quickly set Sommer's brain trust to work probing every facet of life in the Bundeswehr. He was particularly interested in improving morale. As Sommer put it: "The soldier limps and lags behind society. He is in a dismal state. Propping up the morale of the army is not so much a question of pay as of living conditions and schooling." Last week the results of Sommer's study, in the form of a 211-page White Book, were debated in the Bundestag. The report discusses everything from weapons development to whether recruits should...