Word: dismalness
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...decision means members of the Class of 2007 may be able to graduate with mastery of the dismal science on their transcripts...
...REVERSED FIRST The Crimson’s victory broke an 11-game losing streak in games where the team trailed at halftime, dating back to last season. Harvard was down 37-34 after a first half in which it shot just 39 percent from the floor, including a dismal 0-of-9 from three. The Crimson stopped the trend thanks in part to a reversal in fortunes from behind the line. Havard went 2-of-4 from deep in the second half, with crucial makes by sophomore point guard Drew Housman and freshman guard Jeremy Lin. Housman nailed another trifecta...
...Then there is the vile “Adidas Originals” store (1270 Mass. Ave.), a telling example of the dross that has infiltrated the Square. Blast some loud music, gut your elegant digs, and replace them with a first floor redone in concrete, dismal lighting, exposed piping, and sparse décor: It is a contrived approximation of what is taken to be Cambridge’s flavor...
...white enclaves remain segregated and mistrustful of one another. The Cuban exiles' dominion over much of Miami politics (remember the Elin Gonzlez uprising?) has bred resentment in some quarters. This showed in the outcry earlier this year when the Miami-Dade school board, whose system has a dismal 45% graduation rate, announced that it would spend tens of thousands of dollars in court to ban a kindergarten book about Cuba that it says isn't tough enough on Fidel Castro...
Even non-economists brooded over the omission of the “dismal science...