Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last year the spikers, playing under an undergraduate coach, finished with a dismal 4-17 record. This season, newcomer Lem--hired after 10 years of service at Boston College--has effected a change in atmosphere, if not a noticeable change in record...
...Very rainy," read the weather report at the Stadium for Saturday's Harvard-Massachusetts football game, "Very wet, very dismal...
Harvard led Dartmouth in first downs (24-21), yards rushing (333-182), plays from scrimmage (72-68), and time of possession (30:16-29:44). The Crimson also converted on four of nine third downs, much improved from its dismal performances of the previous two weeks (1-for-14 against Cornell and 4-for-16 at William & Mary...
Third, if the U.S. or the USSR were to violate the agreement after 10 years had passed and nuclear weapons were eliminated--and the USSR in particular has a dismal record of adherence to arms treaties--the non-violator would have no way of resisting the violator other than breaking the agreement on its own. Complete elimination of nuclear weapons would, therefore, by current standards, be entirely unenforceable and would rely solely on trust and goodwill between the superpowers. Here comes the Chamberlain lesson again...
...injury-plagued Crimson posted a dismal 3-15 mark last year under the leadership of undergraduate coach Seth Farber '86, so the spikers are hoping that their 1986 record will be as new as everything else about the team...