Word: dismalness
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...modern $737,000 schoolhouse; in the works are a power plant, fire station and store. Yet Tyonek's conspicuous prosperity is a remarkably recent phenomenon: until the last year or so, the Athabasca Indians who largely make up the village's population of 270 lived in dismal shacks, barely subsisting by trapping and fishing. Just a decade ago, residents recall vividly, donated food had to be airlifted from Anchorage to save them from starvation...
...Crimson golfers are hungering for a win. They have a dismal 6-7 record so far this season with only two matches to go. They must knock off Dartmouth to have a chance to finish with a .500 season, the only goal that remains...
...wonder to what extent the dismal public image of marihuana is a consequence of its route of entry. The medieval Assassins made Cannabis known as a plant that inspired fierce courage. Baudelaire gave it credit for being a gateway to worlds of visionary delight. But the wretched people who brought it to us--people who had high rates of crime and insanity to begin with--used it only to counteract the misery of their lives. Perhaps marihuana has been judged guilty by association...
...match pits Harvard against a first-class Eastern team and will complete a dismal season for the Crimson stickmen...
Cornell and Army tied for third with 811 totals. The Crimson slopped to a nasty 845 for their dismal 13th place finish...