Word: dismalness
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...measure, the situation has the makings of an epic human catastrophe. And to reduce this dismal state of affairs to a mantra about Arafat doing more to rein in terrorism is simply deluded...
...Palestinians would disagree that Arafat is a dismal leader, but it is not his deceit or delusions that are at the root of this conflict. Israelis and Palestinians began talking peace a decade ago, precisely because they recognized the miserable future offered by the dynamic of occupation and resistance in the West Bank and Gaza. It was not about Arafat or Rabin, and certainly not about Bill Clinton. It was about Israelis and Palestinians recognizing the need to find a peaceful means of resolving their mutually exclusive national aspirations, if only because the alternative was to remain locked...
...Anthony LaPaglia plays him in Lantana, police detective Leon Zat is as harsh and abrupt as his surname. He is several things: a tough, angry cop, impatient with a dismal caseload; a middle-aged man, jogging through his chest pains, trying to get back in shape; an unhappy husband glumly trying to find some magic in an affair that's all grim haste and guilty furtiveness...
...team. With no money or sponsors, Schlopy borrowed $25,000 from a friend, bought a minivan and started chasing races across North America to get his ranking up. He stayed with friends, friends of friends and, when absolutely necessary, splurged on $19 hotel rooms. The races were in dismal little towns, and Schlopy got off to a terrible start, but he rallied to finish the season ranked 63rd in giant slalom and 97th in slalom, edging his way back onto the squad...
Harvard turned around its rebounding effort after a dismal game against Princeton. Against Penn, Harvard outrebounded the Quakers 42-36, led by sophomore Tricia Tubridy with nine. Peljto led the team with six offensive rebounds and 19 points...