Word: dismalness
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What I can say though, as a former member and leader of this group whose power I have witnessed, is that members like Frierson herself have the ability and opportunity to create the change she wishes for in her op-ed. Frierson notes that she had dismal expectations of the group before her performance began. Poor expectations will always breed poor results. Situations such as this alumni event require more of an effort from students, not less, which is a difficult but honorable responsibility to bear...
This election was a dismal failure for Democrats and especially the leadership of the Democratic Party. But it does leave one to ponder what the composition of the House and Senate would look like today had the Democratic Party kept the voters who oppose abortion who jumped ship before it sank on Nov. 5, 2002. I hope the DNC will “get it” and understand that their current stance on abortion is no way to run a majority party. Democrats For Life of America believes that a return to being a “party...
...much to improve the picture. Some industry analysts were predicting that when the so-called up-front market began--the period in May and June when major advertisers reserve the bulk of their commercial time for the upcoming TV season--the networks would be lucky to match the dismal results of 2001, when revenues fell a hefty 12.5% from the year before. All this seemed to bolster the doomsayers who have long predicted that network TV is an endangered species...
...example, some athletes hold unnecessarily dismal views of their classmates. Varsity crew team member Leigh K. Pascavage ’04 asserted in a Crimson op-ed that “the Harvard athlete protects Harvard from being populated entirely by people who spend their afternoons in the library...
...exactly what kind of name recognition does Mondale carry? While its very mention still sends shivers of dread down the spines of loyal Democrats who remember his dismal showing in the 1984 presidential campaign, Mondale's fellow Minnesotans have had ample time - and opportunity - to disengage such negative connotations. After all, there are plenty of voters in Minnesota who barely remember the '84 campaign, but who know from their parents and grandparents that Mondale, like Wellstone, is a reminder of what the Democratic Party once stood for. And that may be exactly why state party leaders...