Word: dismalness
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Castro realizes all too painfully that his own campaign in Latin America-in the form of his vicious little "wars of liberation"-has been a dismal failure. Russia's new emphasis on broader trade and diplomatic relations can only further hamper that campaign. For their part, the men in power in Latin America see it as an opportunity to drive an even deeper wedge between Moscow and Havana, and possibly even get Russia to tone down Cuba's guerrilla wars. Venezuela's own Communist Party, for example, recently called for a "tactical withdrawal" from guerrilla...
...film is hardly a cry in the wilderness for intemperance. It ends on a slight touch of sadness, with both men realizing that liquor provides only temporary escape from a world as dismal as Tigreville. But along the way, there are some wonderfully mad, hilarious sprees. Belmondo is particularly fine playing matador to a highway full of cars...
...those who felt that Russia's obligations to the Allies should be honored. Hardly anyone experienced in government existed, and all the pre-revolutionary problems remained and multiplied. Above all, Russia still carried the serf's burden of its long, dismal past. Oppressed and kept muzzled for centuries, the Russian people, suddenly and unexpectedly liberated, asked too much of the government that they felt was their...
Harvard's worst freshman wrestling team ever hopes to avoid a losing season by beating Yale this Saturday in New Haven. The Crimson takes a dismal 3-4-1 record into the contest, while the toothless Bullpups have not won a match in six tries...
...Bulldogs have only one Ivy loss this year (6-3 to Penn, a team Harvard beat 5-4). A victory over the Crimson, which is undefeated in League play, would give Yale a tie for first place--capping what everyone first predicted would be a dismal season...