Word: dismalness
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...whether security experts and television crews could move into the stadium in time to complete their preparations. Above all, last week's test would conquer or confirm worldwide suspicions that Athens was blowing its deadline for the Games. The roof was already three months behind schedule, another dismal detail in a building program plagued by chronic delays and charges of incompetence. Anxious to avoid a p.r. fiasco, authorities limited coverage to Greek state TV. The Deputy Culture Minister nervously smashed a bottle of red wine on the base of the arch and looked skyward. The gods of Olympus answered...
...take part in a forum on South Carolina public television on the ruling's legacy. So far he has received a cold shoulder from many of the town's whites. But his goal, he insists, is not only to thaw Summerton's race relations but also to improve its dismal schools and economy, which in recent years has lost bids to attract large employers because of their concerns about the low-skilled work force. Those stigmas "make it hard for any community to progress and attract business today," says Dwight Stewart, chairman of the Clarendon County Council, who, along with...
...with popular hostility to U.S. forces threatening to boil over, the U.S. may not be able to wait. In response to the dismal performance of its Iraqi recruits this month, the military has sent General David Petraeus, the celebrated commander of the 101st Airborne Division, back to Iraq to oversee the recruitment and training of new Iraqi military personnel. U.S. Administrator L. Paul Bremer reversed his year-old decree banning senior members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from holding any government jobs--a policy that gutted Iraq's military and police of most of their top leaders...
...springtime, a young man’s (or woman’s) fancy turns to thoughts of food. Real food. No longer confined to dismal dining halls by the biting cold, many a student ventures out of the Harvard bubble in search of something more palatable. For the amateur shoppers, FM has compiled a helpful list of some of Boston’s finest specialty markets. From kalamatas to kumquats, we’ve got you covered...
...springtime, a young man’s (or woman’s) fancy turns to thoughts of food. Real food. No longer confined to dismal dining halls by the biting cold, many a student ventures out of the Harvard bubble in search of something more palatable. For the amateur shoppers, FM has compiled a helpful list of some of Boston’s finest specialty markets. From kalamatas to kumquats, we’ve got you covered...