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Word: dismally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sweat socks and cellophane, but nothing helped against a Notre Dame team that has abruptly become a major power since Quarterback George Izo returned to full health. Capping its 20-19 defeat of Iowa the week before, Notre Dame disposed of nationally ranked U.S.C. 16-6 to end a dismal season (5-5) with a flourish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 7, 1959 | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...will lead the returnees in 1960. Before his injury, he had become the balance wheel of the squad, and he will be a fine captain next fall. Mark Mullin, who became something of a leader in Fitzgerald's absence, and freshman Ed Hamlin, the only bright light in a dismal Yardling season, will complete next year's big three...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Cross Country Squad Survives Bleak Year With Hope for 1960 | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

Disowned. Among hard-pressed Republican politicians, Benson's proposals landed with a dismal thud. "It is serious. It is fantastic," said one top G.O.P. campaign boss in Washington, and noted that Benson's efforts have raised both subsidies and surplus, bringing nothing but blame for the Republicans. "Our men are going to have to disown it." Benson's plan was long since disowned by such party stalwarts as Ben Franklin Jensen, eleven-term G.O.P. Congressman from southwestern Iowa's Seventh District. By last week Ben Jensen, already fighting desperately to hold the seat that was once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Ezra Benson's Harvest | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

Four straight Harvard losses followed, and the varsity finds itself today clearly favored for the first time since the period of darkness fell. It has been a dismal six years, to be sure, but things were not always thus...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Leads, 42--14, In Rivalry With Brown | 11/14/1959 | See Source »

...YORK, November 6-The dismal 1959 cross country season ended today in dull cloudy weather at New York's Van Cortlandt Park. In one of its poorest showings of recent years, the Crimson finished seventh in the annual Heptagonal Game...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Harriers Finish Disastrous Season By Placing Seventh in Heptagonals | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

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