Word: dispiritedness
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College graduates today must not let the "dispirited" times into which they are graduating discourage them from immersing themselves in the attempt to solve society's problems. President Bok told members of the Class of '81 and their parents at the Baccalaureate Services in Memorial Church yesterday afternoon.
Finally the conference had to begin without an agenda. The exasperated delegates filed wearily into the huge, steel-and-glass Palace of Congresses. A perfunctory five-minute session before midnight just barely met the Nov. 11 deadline for opening the meeting. Next day, Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez made a...
To make his concession speech, Carter appeared before his dispirited followers at 9:45 p.m., an hour and a quarter before the polls closed on the West Coast. By admitting defeat, Carter may well have discouraged Democrats from going to the polls and supporting other party members on the ticket...
Even Carter, upon his return to Washington, knew that he had gone too far this time. Many of his own campaign staff were becoming dispirited. One White House staffer admitted that he could hardly bear facing the morning headlines. Said he: "It's awful over here. Just awful." Carter...
Remarkably enough, there was an attempt to celebrate a holiday called Pashtunistan Day in Herat during our stay. In the past the occasion has called for parties, parades and dancing in the streets. This year in the desultory procession were a T-55 Afghan army tank, a number of military...