Word: dismally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CLOSET is large and cluttered, the air inside dank and dismal, obscuring the skeletons of abuses past. Until recently, the entrance had been tightly bolted. But here comes Thomas Powers, flashlight in hand, following in the footsteps of others making a more complete tour, illuminating more hidden recesses and rattling more skeletons than anyone else...
...present seems dismal enough. Though U.P.I.'s 850 reporters clack out almost 8 million words and figures a day, they are unable to match the sheer ubiquity of A.P., with 1,401 journalists. As a result, when editors are forced to cut back on their wire budgets, many drop U.P.I. in favor of the more comprehensive coverage provided by A.P. Some 1,365 U.S. newspapers belong to A.P., while 1,115 subscribe to U.P.I...
...NAJARIAN--The compact back who last week set new B.U. records for most career yards(1904), most yards in a single game (244), and most career rushing attempts (405) comes off a 244-yd. effort on 41 carries against dismal Northeastern...
Nevertheless, the doctor does not dismiss specualtion that the most recent set of worries-dismal ratings in the polls, Soviet troops in Cuba, allegations of cocaine use by Hamilton Jordan, the challenge of Senator Edward Kennedy for his party's presidential nomination-might have undermined Carter's strength and played some part in his Catoctin fallout. More significant, however, was the fact that the President was doggedly attempting to improve his time; he was trying to cut a full four minutes off his best previous time on the punishing Catoctin course, from 50 minutes to 46. Many runners...
...convinced me of its merit"). Charles' personal life is no improvement on his professional one. There is a wife he has not lived with in years, and the odd one-night stands with preoccupied actresses; but Paris' routine is as hollow as Philip Marlowe's: the dismal bedsitter, the bottle of whisky, the nagging creditors. What distinguishes his adventures, of which A Comedian Dies is the fifth, is the author's wry observations of Britain's entertainment milieu. Brett has a farceur's eye for crooked agents and egomaniac stars, for performers elbowing their...