Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newspaper, says, "I think these kids wanted to do something that they could be famous for. Other people tend to wait until they graduate and try to make their mark in the working world and try to be famous in a positive way. I think these kids had a dismal view of life and of their own mortality. To just focus on the bullying aspect is just to focus on one small piece of the entire picture." Meier points out that Harris' brother, from all accounts, is a great kid. "Why would a family have one good...
...Crimson, losing its starting point guard was just another blow for the already-hurting offense. Nonetheless, Harvard played the second half with increased poise and intensity, improving on its dismal first half performance--the Crimson shot a solid 45.2 percent in the second half...
...Crimson answered many lingering questions about the team after turning in two dismal efforts at home against Boston University and Brown...
...second-hand shop, catches fish with a crude wire-and-bottle and can only ease the physical pain of abdominal cramps with a hair-dryer pressed against her belly. The alcoholic mother is reduced to exchanging oral sex for rent and electricity bills, and the two live in a dismal trailer park ironically named "Le Grand Canyon...
...fact, many of the titles listed here offer an experience superior to going to the movies. Lucas Arts' Star Wars game far outshines the altogether dismal film prequel offered in The Phantom Menace. Gamemakers are starting to pull in big names. James Earl Jones, for example, stars in Command & Conquer's latest outing, while David Bowie is the driving force behind the forthcoming Omikron. Indeed, game designers are starting to act like directors--guys like Sid Meier (Alpha Centauri) and Adrian Smith (Tomb Raider) who closet themselves in high-end studios for two years at a time, ceaselessly fine-tuning...