Word: dismalness
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Sociologist de Vise cites another dismal statistic: 5% of Chicago's black ghetto infants die before reaching their first birthday-"a higher death rate than in any of the 50 states or any civilized nation." As for doctors, he says, the ghetto has "one physician for every 10,000 blacks, compared with one physician for every 700 whites...
...shared by the Senate Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization, which has spent the past two years assessing the state of medical care in the U.S. Under the direction of Chairman Abraham Ribicoff, the subcommittee listened to scores of doctors, hospital administrators and Government bureaucrats. Their testimony adds up to a dismal tale of extravagant inefficiency, of reliance on slogans rather than thoughtful, effective solutions to the pressing health problems of the nation. As a result, although the U.S. is the richest country in the world, it ranks 18th in infant mortality and 22nd in longevity...
...made with a great deal of improvisation in an abandoned textile factory in Great Barrington, Mass. The resulting film has all the flaws of Southern's earlier screenplay effort, Easy Rider, and none of its graces. Chalk up End of the Road to Southern's growing list of dismal creations that include such abortions as The Loved Ones, Barbarella and The Magic Christian...
...skiing, fencing, and wrestling teams-all expecting to improve-suffered from injuries and quitting, but even given these setbacks, often lost when they should have won. Losses to Yale by both wrestlers and fencers concluded rather dismal regular seasons...
...eight-place finish in the Easterns last weekend. spearheaded by Mark Faller's runner-up performance at 167. brightened an otherwise dismal campaign. Lee admitted Monday night that things could have been much better...