Word: dismalness
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Politics in California has become a dismal proposition. The state is so large that most politicians have given up on the standard ceremonies of the stump. There is little human contact, few town meetings or door-to-door work; there are simply too many doors. The prevailing wisdom among consultants is that you run in California by raising a lot of money and putting it all on television. The public has reacted to these soulless exercises with disdainful apathy; Californians tend to be more interested when the state's nutty kernel of political extremists put some hot-button initiative-about...
...bought two in the past three years. "It helps me think about the future," he says, "and it's also a way to get my tax back." In 2000, Germany introduced private pension plans with tax breaks of up to 4% of gross salary. But because of dismal market conditions, enthusiasm for the products has been low. It's a good idea to take advantage of tax breaks, but customers must also be comfortable with the underlying investment. Says Modray: "The tax wrapper should not be the primary reason for investing. If it's going to give you sleepless nights...
There are times when Richard Gephardt, A truly decent man, seems the embodiment of all that is clunky about the Democratic Party. His 1988 presidential campaign was militantly dismal. At one point, he criticized Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning in America" advertising theme: "It's closer to midnight," Gephardt insisted, "and getting darker all the time." This is another inveterate Democratic problem: every silver lining comes equipped not just with a cloud, but often with a full-fledged hurricane and heavy coastal flooding. Who would want to spend four years with such spoilsports whining away on TVs in the kitchens...
...Bowl week.) Lebron James, the nation's top high school basketball player, got suspended in late January for accepting two throwbacks as gifts. Boosted by such celebrity consumers, sales for family-owned M&N have jumped from $2.8 million in 2000 to $25 million last year, amid an otherwise dismal market for apparel. And the knits keep coming: sales so far in 2003 are running twice as high as they were during the same period last year...
...rallyers lined up along Beacon Street in the dismal rain, about five Northeastern students passed out posters that read “Down With Saddam” in red letters. During a lull in the drizzle, some rallyers began to sing “God Bless America...