Word: woefulness
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...through a thousand gripping novels. A voluntary bath of blood unfortunately washed the glamor from this old Russian life and left the rest of the world amazed and horrified by tales of the temperamental Red gone politically and economically wild. To the conservative the last twist to Russia's woeful thread of fate is given by Charles Recht's report that Russia is using the United States as a model and trying to "Americanize its theatres, schools, and laws...
...four losses have been by an average margin of four points, the fact remains that they have been losses, and continued defeats, even defeats with honor become discouraging. Considerable criticism is inevitable, and a certain amount of it is just. The most glaring Crimson faults have been a woeful weakness in foul shooting, which has been the most important factor in several defeats; and the seeming inability to hold a lead in the closing minutes of a game...
...part both of the students and of the Faculty must be the aim of those who seek an improvement in American education. Granting this hypothesis, the problem is, according to Professor Hack, to infect the community, both of students and of instructors, with the realization of the woeful state of education in this country and thus lead to a change of attitude...
...terrific screaming, yelling and the raising of a general St. Vitus turmoil which was indulged in by most of the diners--ostensibly to show disapproval of "wrong etiquette" but methinks an opportunity inadvertently seized by sub-conscious entities to show the genuine essence within; men cursed with a woeful lack of self-restraint...
...boater." But for many the change presents difficulties. With prices soaring even higher than a "straw" in a heavy gale, and with rueful memory of the fact that Max received the hat of yester-year in return for necessary movie fare last autumn, what is there left for the woeful student...