Word: forlornly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hardest, personally telephoning key Republican members of Congress. Only a few years ago, any such relatively trifling request for military funds in Indochina would have speeded through Congress with barely a whimper of protest. Now, while prospects for approval of some limited aid varied day by day, they appeared forlorn by week's end. The House, in particular, seemed adamantly opposed...
...There once was a Congressman named Thone/ Whose last name rhymed with phone/ But he felt slightly forlorn/ When called Thane, Stone or Thorn/ Thus, the 'Congressional Pronunciation Guide' was born." The fractured versifier is Republican Representative Charles Thone of Nebraska, who has just issued a third edition of his phonetic congressional directory. The six-page booklet was first suggested to Thone by a Nebraska radio announcer who was troubled by the frequent mispronunciation of political names over the air. Thone sent a questionnaire to every member of Congress, followed up with phone calls, and in 1971 issued...
What Harvard team posted a 10-1 record last year, won the New England Championships against teams from Yale and MIT, and enters the season with nearly the same lineup? The Harvard volleyball team, which despite impressive credentials remains a forlorn entry among a score of major intercollegiate sports...
...been pushed over to one corner. Grade school desks with writing arms and stenciled numbers on the backs are scattered around the room and an old Mikado poster from the fall is tacked up on one wall. Despite the clutter and trash, Shannon seems empty and a little forlorn...
...consensus on evolution. Perhaps, says Ryan, the uproar over the Edelin verdict will help eventually to bring a reasonable accommodation among those who back abortion and those who oppose it. In the light of the strong passions that the issue arouses today, however, that would seem to be a forlorn hope...