Word: gloomed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unions demanded that Hearst give them space to reply, but he would not even let them pay for an ad. An air of gloom has settled on strike headquarters, two blocks from the Examiner. The unions are convinced that Hearst means to break them once and for all; the city's other daily, the Los Angeles Times, has no unions. "I wish I could see the end in sight," says Robert Rupert, international representative of the American Newspaper Guild. "But there's been no progress. I go into each negotiating session with the hope that we can discuss...
...Waiting Game. Undeterred, Savoretti returned to Moscow two years later, this time to stay. In 1956, he became the first Western businessman in residence, doggedly making the rounds of Soviet officials and fighting the gloom of Moscow hotel life. On the strength of his contacts,^ he came to arrange tours for more and more Soviet trader delegations to visit Italy...
...nice, so good and so just that he is virtually dragooned into acting as Big Daddy to all the others. Does the divorcee fear an old lover's return? Speak to her, John. Does Willy, the Dachau victim, seem about to go under in private gloom? Have a word with Willy, John. But the role of father-confessor plus Mr. Fixit is really a trial to him. He is having troubles of his own as he is trying to dodge an old mistress to devote his repressed, puritan self to the torturing game he plays with Kate. Author Murdoch...
...found little cause for gloom in the dilemma facing the grad schools [Nov. 24]. I felt cheered by the thought that the faculties and facilities of the graduate schools might finally be available to undergraduate students, if only for a few years. While the administrators may be fearful, surely the professors must welcome the opportunity to come out of their stuffy libraries and labs and get in touch with the most challenging and questing generation of undergraduate students we have ever had. It could be a mutually rewarding experience...
This season Cepeda batted .325, clouted 25 homers and drove in 111 runs-tops in the National League. He also appointed himself a sort of team psychiatrist-playing cha-cha records in the clubhouse to dispel the gloom after losses, leading the club in cheers after each St. Louis victory. His enthusiasm was catching-and his bat did the rest. Picked by experts and oddsmakers to finish no better than fifth, the Cardinals ran away with the National League pennant, went on to beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games in the World Series. Last week Cepeda...