Word: woeful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despite considerable social concern among the younger Catholic clergy since World War II, the hierarchy, especially Rufino Cardinal Santos, is too closely identified with the Establishment. To a growing number of critics, the church is still the handmaiden of riches and privilege. On the other hand, there is a woeful shortage of priests (about one for every 7,000 Catholics), and the predominantly Catholic population remains largely unaware of many teachings of the faith. In a poll taken shortly before the Pope's visit, 60% of those interviewed did not know who the Pope...
...families. The church, however, is adamantly opposed to a pending Italian divorce bill and even briefly took to Vatican Radio to beam its protest to the Italian people. Yet the Vatican's own reforms-even such enlightened measures as the new American regulations-will be crippled by a woeful lack of skilled manpower. One fairly optimistic Vatican canon lawyer estimates that only 18 of the 160 U.S. dioceses have an adequate tribunal staff...
...varsity, led M. I. T. all the way up the course to finish in 6:36.9, five lengths in front., and the first freshman boat, never in trouble, breezed to an effortless four-and-a-half length triumph over the Engineers in 6:54.9, almost 13 lengths ahead of woeful Dartmouth...
...luck hardly played a factor in Yale's 5-0 loss to slow-starting Boston University four days later. So it seems that the only conclusion one can logically draw from the Bulldog's 5-15 record, their recent losses to Brown; Princeton and Army, and their woeful lack of consistency is that Gagliardi has rashly overestimated the quality of his material...
These were the reactions of prominent critics-after Penn's formerly woeful hockey team stunned favored Harvard, 54, in overtime last month in New Jersey. The performance received enthusiastic reviews in Philadelphia; it was universally panned in Boston...