Word: nadir
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even when attempting coherency, however, the style in 321 is in most cases lamentable and occassionally nauseating. It plumments to its nadir of tired Timeiness in the section on polls. in which Seniors are told that they can hear "the pitter-patter of little feet...in the near distance" and that they are thirteen percent directed by "libidinous impulses, another word for raw sex." This sort of childishness suggests that the Yearbookmen are not really quite sure for whom they are writing. Indeed, it is a problem whether they should aim at the Senior or at Mother. But in either...
...another matter. His voice was strong, resonant and of uncanny clarity. He began his long prayer deliberately, never let his voice reach its maximum power (he saved that for his death scene), indulged in no gasps or sobs, nevertheless developed a painful pitch of feeling as he reached the nadir, almost whispering "Gospodi!" ("Oh my God!"). Not a handclap broke the hushed silence when he finished. Christoff's Boris is no lunatic, but a sensitive, conscience-stricken man whose terror at his infanticide finally cracks his sanity. The audience loved him. but not quite so much as he seemed...
While not yet on a firm financial basis, the Council's position is much better than its nadir ten years ago, when "few members knew or cared where the Council was headed, and fewer still attended any of its meetings or debates," according to the 1947 President's Report. Ten years later, despite the continuing problems of recruiting an audience, more than 50 men participated actively in varsity, freshman, and inter-House debates...
...rose to an all-time high last year of 825 from the College and another 125 from Radcliffe. Although Brooks House has extended its programs into prisons, mental hospitals, tutoring, and boys' clubs, its income has fallen from a high of $5,000 in 1947 to last year's nadir...
...market, but no cure in itself for those who are sick for success. The Gambler ("Security is for suckers"), on CBS's U.S. Steel Hour (Wed. 10 p.m., E.D.T.), was a character study of a megalomaniac, painted in overripe colors. The gambler (Jack Carson), at the nadir of his career (he is broke), risks whatever is dear to him for a bet on a sure thing that turns out not to be so sure. Its soupy point: the biggest suckers are those who think they can ride home on the long shots...