Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House at last seems aware of its shortcomings and has fought off what looked like a temptation to hunker down in dismal self-pity. It has begun working hard to improve its image and revamp its management techniques. The Administration's capacity for following through on its program proposals has been bolstered by the promotions of Tim Kraft and Anne Wexler to important White House staff positions. Public Relations Expert Jerry Rafshoon has been put to work full time to burnish Carter's image...
...Dismal Science...
Harvard swabbed in a regular season match at The Country Club, but the Crimson quintet walked the plank on Thursday, with dismal rounds of 82, 82, 86, 92 and 92, which took them out of contention despite a better showing on Friday. Dartmouth finished second with a team total of 654 strokes, followed by Holy Cross, URI and UMass...
Radcliffe lacrosse coach Debi Field is happy today. Following a dismal 5-1 drumming at the hands of Penn--a team the 'Cliffe beat last spring--the laxwomen traveled to Bowdoin yesterday and came away with convincing victories in both the varsity (8-1) and J.V. (3-1) games...
...sure, a little electrical object that is expected to last for years may cost no more, pace President Carter, than a no-martini lunch for two. Yet the metal, unlike the meal, is an acquired object deserving of respect, even affection. It is a dismal comment on American society that our whifflers and wopplers and slicers and sizzlers seem so often to be designed for the junk heap. Most of the major manufacturers claim to stand by their products, as do, slightly reeling, the repairmen who can cope with them. Still, they don't make'em like they...