Word: dismalness
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...Goldsmith, though he was undoubtedly right in his opinions, was one of those whose love of good theatre outstrips their creative talent; and in his one successful comedy. She Stoops To Conquer, he was scarcely able to reverse the dismal, tear-stained course of eighteenth century comedy. Though he looked back discerningly to the broad humor of the "the last age" (he meant the Elizabethans), his work fails to recapture the extravagant buffoonery of their plays...
Last year the Crimson basketball varsity opened its season against a classy Williams five in a contest that set the tone for a dismal and frustrating Harvard season. The Crimson blew a 16-point lead and dropped a cliff-hanger in the final seconds of play...
...gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp...
Demurely wrapped in a fur-collared coat, Brigitte Bardot, 28, still managed to light Paris' dismal Palace of Justice with a pair of well-attended personal appearances. First she kindled a divorce action against Second Husband Jacques Charrier, 26, on the ground that he had "deserted the conjugal home." Next day she loyally testified on behalf of her eternal flame and possible No. 3, Actor Sami Frey, 27, who was suing the weekly Ici-Paris for calling him "The Man Who Destroys BB." Testily, she denied that Sami was insanely jealous, that he popped away at nudenik photographers...
...coordinated five-man maneuvers. Therefore the kind of year seniors Pete Kelley and Denny Lynch and junior Bob Inman have is the key to the team. If these boys mature into consistent scorers in the 20 point range Harvard will surprise some people. If not, there will be many dismal nights in the IAB for all concerned except the visiting school...