Word: dismalness
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...HAVEN, Nov. 19--A desperation pass by Eliot House and a strong second-half offense by Dunster were the only bright spots yesterday in a dismal afternoon for Harvard House football...
...Tomas to her bed. He acquiesces at last because all choices seem meaningless. Ultimately, meaninglessness infects the film as a whole, and Indifference is remarkable only for Steiger's highly concentrated performance as a doughy but vigorous go-getter whose lechery lends an acetylene brilliance to several otherwise dismal scenes...
...once again, Harvard's nonexistent passing attack was to blame for the offense's ineffectiveness. McCluskey's passing was dismal, and Harvard completed only two of 14 throws for a grand total of 16 yards. On those unavoidable third-and-five situations, which are crucial for any sustained drive, the offense couldn't move the ball. Princeton, with nothing to fear through the airways, could concentrate on stopping Harvard's ground game...
Cornell's dismal performance has been the biggest surprise of the Ivy season to date. The Big Red is 1-2-3 overall and 0-2-1 in the League. That record is not indicative of the team's potential; their defensive line is excellent, Marty Monangle is an able quarterback, and halfback Pete Larson is a fine runner...
...brought forth a book about the star-crossed star. This one, for a change, is quite well written, but Biographer Edwin Hoyt (The Vanderbilts and Their Fortunes) tells the same sick story everybody tells: bastard birth, maternal insanity, preschool rape, foster-family neglect, casting-couch apprenticeship, fanny-flipping fame, dismal marriages, barbiturate addiction, overdosed death. And he reaches the same solemn conclusion: Marilyn was the "innocent" victim of a corrupt society. Now really...