Word: dismalness
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...Time that the disputed findings could potentially fracture the alliance in Iraq. "This can only be good for the Italian opposition and for European anti-American sentiment in general," said De Michelis, who advises Berlusconi on foreign affairs. More immediately, it's a further blow for Berlusconi, bruised by dismal regional election results and sniping coalition partners. De Michelis says the foreign policy setback only makes things worse ahead of national elections in May 2006. "This next year is going to be tough for Berlusconi," he said...
Some things did not change while McLellan was on the beat. Georgetown still is the most interesting place to live. Most of Washington's official writing remains dismal. The Marine Corps summer reviews are the best patriotic pageants in the country. The aides to powerful public figures take the place of the wives of these workaholics. "After all," says McLellan, "they see their aides more often, and the aides are more obedient than the wives." Now for her novel. It's hard to see, though, how fiction can top true life...
...whole the picture remains dismal. Freedom of movement and expression are sharply limited, as is the right to travel abroad. Internal movement is subject to police surveillance; censorship is ubiquitous. Many East European cities, despite restoration efforts, still present a gray, depressing sight: unpainted buildings, dingy streets, understocked shops. In the Rumanian capital, Bucharest, queues at food stores form at 3:30 a.m., and "energy police" roam the streets to make sure no one is burning more than one 25-watt light bulb at night . Poland is an even worse basket case, plagued by perennial food shortages and a foreign...
...MBAs are taught the pretend-science of manipulating accounting, finance, employees, customers, and stock prices. Financial games and hostile takeovers of competitors are taught to accomplish corporations’ sole objective—to make money and manipulate stock prices. Such a mistaken view of corporations has caused the dismal decline of American auto manufacturers while Toyota and Honda widen their market shares and profits in America, pursuing their goals of expanding employment and technological innovations...
...bright side, Corriero has only received the criticism because of the outstanding season she and the team have had, after what can only be described as a dismal November...