Word: dismalness
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...anti-Communism is sometimes the scoundrel's first defense . . . One of the noisiest anti-Communists of recent history was a man named Adolf Hitler. He was not wrong because he was antiCommunist. He was wrong because he was immorally anti-Communist . . . and inevitably, [he] was a dismal failure...
...bottom of the league is pretty dismal. The newly-established Orioles, while not the Browns, still aren't much, and they figure as sixth. Detroit is on the way back from the wilderness but can't make much above seventh this year. The Athletics are rebuilding but have a long way to go. They're last...
...door to his court remained wide open. Since Louis insisted that his noblemen live there, housing was a nightmare. With 10.000 people living in the chateau at Versailles, it was as crowded as a slum. The bearer of many a celebrated name had to be content with a dismal attic room, though it seemed to be worth it to bask in the rays of the Sun King: the nobleman of the day counted himself lucky if he could become the official custodian of the royal chamber...
...fell behind, 18 to 9, at the end of the first quarter and trailed, 41 to 22, at the half. The Crimson scored on only 19 percent of the few shots it could get away in the first half and hit on bat 13 of 55 for the whole dismal evening...
Here is Cambridge, 4,355 undergraduates are bravely filling out myriad forms, secure only in their knowledge of one dismal fact; next year at this time, pre-supposing that spring will come, they will be able to hire out as experienced biddies. Recruiting sergeants in the Central Square booths predict a 50 percent rise in enlistments as many of the 4,355 lose their last remaining reason for remaining here after the winter examinations...