| 单词 | dismal |
| 例句 | But in Baltimore City, where Northern High School was located, it was a dismal 38 percent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A dismal demon who was mostly mouth, he was ready at a moment’s notice to offer misinformation on any subject. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “People will never make that mistake. Without a doubt you operate the most dismal bar in the city. May I interest you in purchasing a hot dog?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose von Linden would be sacked if his success rate were that dismal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We left the place secretly—it was utterly abandoned—some four or five hundred of us issuing forth in a dismal parade to the north. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I can’t bring myself to ruin it for them, not when their lives are ordinarily so dismal. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The dismal truth was filtering through to everybody. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With the steel plates up, the deck was dark and dismal and prisonlike. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was daylight and the country was wet, low and dismal looking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Has anybody got anything to tell? It’s been such a dismal day I’m really dying for some amusement,” said Meg, as they sat sewing together that evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the kinds of services that Kenna’s record was given to—and the results were dismal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even the younger birds sat all day in dismal silence, and Mr. Popper could not cheer them up. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The place is dark and dismal with a stench of grease and gunpowder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Full well the busy whisper circling round Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Dusk would be on them soon, followed by another wet dark dismal night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "What a dismal place to live," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The dismal name came from the bleak opportunities workers faced in the region, where iron, coal, and steel companies had busted unions for two decades. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z And there is even some evidence that the scraggly weeds and dismal, sterile soil—perhaps even the stones hurled at Mercer by unseen alleged parties—are equally faked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In between these two low points of his birth and his success lay thirty-one dismal years of loneliness and frustration. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a dismal finish to my morning, and the day that stretched ahead of me was long. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Even the weather was dismal; all this chilly mist in the middle of July... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We made our way across a dismal plain, groping for detail, sight obscured. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A dismal assignment, I thought: garbagemen to the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Malcolm X’s decision to enter the mainstream of the straggle heralds a hopeful sign on the sickeningly dismal scene of brutalized, non-violent, passive resistance. ...” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My performance as a law student was dismal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Emma and Charles walked out of the library and back into the hubbub of the family gathering, they both looked dismal. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re scared of both the past and the future, having a dismal record in the former and no ideas for the latter, you can always just wallow in the present tense of demonstrative rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z That dismal face of hers turns cherry red, and spit starts flying outta her mouth as she screams, “Girl, I just gave you a bath!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “There he is,” thought Jo, “Poor boy! All alone and sick this dismal day. It’s a shame! I’ll toss up a snowball and make him look out, and then say a kind word to him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked about, but there seemed nowhere even for an animal to crawl into in this dismal country. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As they walked along, Santa described to Mrs. Reilly the many sadnesses and tribulations that had comprised old lady Lopez’s dismal existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The spring weather was still sporadic—cold and dismal one day, perfectly warm the next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Werfel’s neighbor called out to him, “On your way to embarrass yourself at court, you dismal little toad?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As had happened time and again, they went back to work with no gains, their effort a dismal failure. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “You look like a hoodlum in that getup,” Grandma Sweetwine says, sweeping along beside me a good foot above the ground, twirling a magenta sun parasol, without a care for the dismal weather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There was something dismal in the luxurious over-furnished suite, as he pulled on trousers that might just as well have stayed on and she hooked her bra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I ran off into the most dismal night of my life,” Ignatius sighed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a shock, like walking from the dismal swamps into sudden brilliant sunlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as dark and dismal as ever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter who was at fault for his dismal life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z That, of course, is a fairly dismal prospect. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was such a dismal year that she tried to erase it from her memory, pretending it had never happened. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Never been there—the stories are so dismal, I’m liable to lose my temper and make my wife a widow.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Under ordinary circumstances, Aru probably would have slipped into the quicksand herself and both of them would have become dismal Wikipedia pages. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a dismal settlement, but to Harry it was a tinkerer’s paradise and the perfect place to try to forget Spokane. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t have plans, but the dismal state of my social life was none of her business. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Our life is a freaking dismal fairy tale. A maaaagical fairy tale.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Melissa Taylor research was even more dismal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Adequate,” Goddard would say, or, “That wasn’t entirely dismal.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The fox escaped as well, and on our way back to the Dreadfort my favorite courser came up lame, so all in all it was a dismal day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Miss O’Hara certainly had to cast her pearls before a dismal lot of swine, who looked like the type of vague, drawn old men who molested children at matinees. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?” asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking back through the mailroom feeling dismal, I notice that a door I could’ve sworn was closed when I ran past a moment ago is now ajar. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z B-block’s plumbing was unbelievably dismal, I thought as I locked an inmate into the second shower. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d rather not ask the obscene motive for this. I’d like to think that you’re attempting to make amends in your simple way for slandering me on my dismal first day with this ludicrous wagon.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherever you looked the economic news for this already hard-strapped area was dismal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We lay him upon the cart, tied the prisoner’s rope to the axle, and drew them along after us in our dismal parade. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Suddenly we were at the center of things," Anderson told me, gleaming at the memory of it, when I met him and Witzke in their offices on a dismal, rainy morning in June. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Their English teacher, who had been reading aloud from a textbook, interrupted himself to say that he had the attention of 70 percent of the class, and that 70 percent was a “dismal figure.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a request stop on the side of the hill, just past a large pair of open iron gates, and it looked uninviting and dismal. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was small, with brown walls, and the metal bars, so thick his hand could not go around one, reminded him of the chimpanzee’s cage at Nsukka’s dismal, forgotten zoo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Brother Leon regarded them pityingly, shaking his head, a sad and dismal smile on his lips. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Corn bread? You did bring something. You didn’t go all the way to Dixie and then come back with nothing but your dismal face to show for it.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I did. I wanted to amuse him one night when you were all away, and he was rather dismal. He did like it, so don’t scold, Jo,” said Beth meekly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered what point on this dismal path these particular does had reached. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt more like I’d chosen a comfortable position for waiting—waiting for the next insane or dismal or completely unfair thing coming my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Even by day Capricorn's village appeared curiously deserted, and not just because of the many empty houses, which looked even more dismal in the sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was a gentleman, kind to little children...or so everyone thought until that sunny afternoon when he inveigled a little girl into his dismal back room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was dismal; plaster was falling from the walls; the wooden stairs sagged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “A dismal name. It means ‘worker of terrible things.’” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z By contrast, a pall of humiliation fell over Livermore, whose dismal record was now oh-for- three. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He joked about George W. Bush, about the administration’s dismal response to the disaster so far. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But Elsbeth had to keep its mate, another dress in dismal grayish purple. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I suppose, really,” said the bard, “it passes the time for them. There’s little enough to do in the middle of these dismal bogs.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z After passing through the dismal, dimly fit town, Cabot pulled up to a small motel with several of its sign’s neon letters burnt out. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Filthy, dazed, and hungry, they wandered on foot from the train station to Vancouver’s brick downtown in a cold, dismal rain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was wine he wanted, though—sour, dark, and dismal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we approach the abode, it looks forlorn and dismal. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Soon studies in other areas began to develop findings equally dismal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z People more advantageously placed than we in Harlem were, and are, will no doubt find the psychology and the view of human nature sketched above dismal and shocking in the extreme. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z This last, of course, excludes those dismal slave parties, whipped and controlled and dominated, given by ogreish professional hostesses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had goaded him for years to learn to summon and aim lightning, with dismal results. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Indeed the dismal downpour made my intended visit to Niagara Falls seem redundant. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are they any wiser?” said Sarah, with a dismal shake of the head; “they had better be wiser, than well. Ah, Matthew, Matthew! You know your way, sir?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The dismal drizzle caused the overhanging leaves to drip with irritating monotony. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z His few hours’ sleep had not been nearly enough; he was tired and rather dismal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His thoughts broke up into the dismal fancies of anxiety. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the girl’s outburst, Gwystyl shriveled up in his robe and looked more dismal than ever. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Our minds were turned, I suppose, to our fates, should our expedition fail, and to the torments that awaited us; and thus our conversation turned upon the dismal subject of punishment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As we headed out of London by the dismal Westway, he gave me his condensed version: no property law, therefore no capital, therefore no wealth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I sat down in the cliental chair placed over against Mr. Jaggers’s chair, and became fascinated by the dismal atmosphere of the place. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z As they moved on, they could see a movement on the horizon to the left and right, and ahead of them a dirty-colored smoke was rising slowly to add its darkness to the dismal air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But today the dismal boy was away visiting an aunt in Bensonhurst. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Many doubted in their hearts, wondering to what dismal end their journey led. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In one such dismal spot we got our first taste of trouble. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I preferred to stay lost in the darkness of my dismal thoughts. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She and French later reconciled and they had another baby, a daughter, Marilyn, but their life together remained chaotic and dismal, living in broken-down houses, working long hours for little pay. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Those were the only two things to be seen in the dark sky; they made a dismal group. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Even considering that all had been considered terminally ill when treated, Stone thought this a dismal outcome and recommended that the therapy be discarded. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She boarded the coach on Thursday in the same dismal rain she’d arrived in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Today I have nothing but dismal and depressing news to report. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “But I have not always had them. I know what I speak of, boy, and though you may think me a dismal old crow, you’ll do well to heed my cawing.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The 587th was involved in six massive air battles while they were at Krasnodar, including, on a dismal and cloudy day in early June, probably their most dramatic engagement of the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Mr. Jaggers,” said I, by way of putting it neatly on somebody else, “has the reputation of being more in the secrets of that dismal place than any man in London.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Within a quarter of an hour we came to Miss Havisham’s house, which was of old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Determined to shake my dismal thoughts, I wiped my tears with a corner of the soiled linen sheet that clung to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a dismal welcome for the strangers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The melody was adorned in equal measure by the harshness of tone and a dismal, languorous mistuning with which I plagued all but the uneasy cadences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The big Greek sat up in bed and his round face was dismal and reproachful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It had been painted white a long time ago, but the paint, where it hadn’t peeled off altogether, had turned a dismal gray. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The weather was dismal, but there were roaring fires in every room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It is no longer possible to stockpile materials well in advance; what today may be the most promising of insecticidal chemicals may be the dismal failure of tomorrow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Protectorate itself was a dismal place—bad air, bad water, sorrow settling over the roofs of its houses like a cloud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z For the varsity boys, it was a long, dismal train ride back to Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Adam let out his breath gently, pressing down the dismal fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A net of knotted ropes crisscrossed the alcove, preventing a view inside the dismal recess. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Hence, he spent most of his time reading in his dismal room, wishing he could play his guitar, walking the three hundred yards to town for groceries—and somehow he just couldn’t begin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It rained on all morning and turned the snow to slush and made the mountain-side dismal. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The residential campus, which took kids who had no place else to go, had small houses clustered around dismal, sun-parched lawns. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Can his ambiguous reunion with a pair of identical twins he once liked, at their freshman-orientation sleepover in Ann Arbor, save him from that dismal fate? "Myth of the American Sleepover": An exquisite teenage dream 2011-07-22T23:30:00Z If that's a highly conditional verdict -- and it sure is -- that still makes "Eclipse" one of the better multiplex options of this legendarily dismal summer. "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse": Edward, Jacob and Bella's hot three-way 2010-06-30T00:30:00Z The team had been trying to rebound from its dismal record by leaning on LeBron James, but the 2018-2019 season unraveled in spectacular fashion when he got hurt on Christmas. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z The film was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal period for Hollywood. "Miracle on 34th Street" reminds us that home ownership was once an elusive dream for many Americans 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z “I think our statistics, as dismal as you make them seem, are probably better than a lot of shows.” Women reign on Emmy favorites, but few are involved in making them 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Last year it described the situation as “dismal”. In search of the perfect pub: what makes a great British boozer? 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Anyone with a passing familiarity with James Bond is sure to recognize the film’s dismal treatment of women, as the franchise is often condemned for its blatant sexism. The Secret Life of the Man Behind James Bond’s Women Problem 2014-01-30T23:06:28Z “Patterson carefully explores the complexity of the structural machinery behind Jamaica’s dazzling successes and dismal failures, rather than just chalking these up to simple causes,” Carrie Gibson writes in her review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z That Stephen King adaptation perked up the domestic box office after a dismal August, and not even box office experts predicted just how well the movie would perform. 2017: The Biggest Year in Horror History 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Kate, a British Ph.D. student, has washed up in New York to get away from her boyfriend, the dismal, thinly drawn George, and allows herself to be steered into all kinds of interesting trouble. ‘Neon in Daylight’ Lights Up Ambivalence With Shades of Didion and Others 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z With Theresa May admitting that “in current circumstances I’m not sure how many votes we’ll get”, Brexit is being set up as the excuse should Britain continue its recent dismal record in the event. Eurovision 2017: UK gets excuses in early but is tipped to avoid nul points 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Penny said trying to buy both paintings had been a gamble, especially given the dismal economic climate. British galleries buy Renaissance masterpiece 2012-03-01T12:38:09Z What does shock is just how multifaceted a dismal mess it is. Review: John Travolta Has the Dapper Look, but ‘Gotti’ Is a Mess 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z And when I chose to settle down, I resolved to avoid long-distance relationships, with their soaring highs and dismal lows. Modern Love: A Place to Lay My Heart - Modern Love 2012-01-05T19:27:34Z I cut some stems for bouquets, with the usual dismal result. Even in summer, reasons to grow basil indoors 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Sounds grim, but to anyone who has encountered Keen's other work, the dismal outlook is hardly surprising. Andrew Keen rages against the machine in 'The Internet Is Not the Answer' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But Ms. Herzog approaches this dismal subject in a decidedly poetic, almost abstract way, conveying the aura of all that’s being lost rather than haranguing. Dying Languages Cry Out in ‘Last Whispers’ 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It was a dismal corner, an area of blank walls and unloved pavements that did not appear a step up in the world. The Photographers' Gallery ? review 2012-05-17T16:22:11Z It was just this really sad, dismal affair where people got quietly drunk in the corner. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z "American Idol" has lost about six million viewers over the past four years, and recent winners Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze seem destined to slip into obscurity after suffering dismal sales for their debut albums. Revamped "American Idol" looks to regain its mojo 2011-01-19T13:32:50Z It’s a dismal assignment to a cold and ignorant land, but Ezzedine is a faithful servant and assumes he’ll soon return to his loving wife and son. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z I’m with those who are horrified by Obama’s presidential drone wars, his dismal inaction on global climate treaties, and his administration’s soaring numbers of deportations of undocumented immigrants. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z Sure, the ratings were dismal, some argued, but the fans were dedicated, making the cancellation a Terrible Decision, indicative of broadcast networks' inhumanity toward the half-hour comedy. NBC's 'Marry Me' may have a delayed honeymoon 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Leah’s Kitchen is part of a larger plan to upgrade restaurant offerings at an airport that has long been considered a dismal reflection of a great food city. At the New Orleans Airport, a Taste of Leah Chase’s Food and Art 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Familiar statistics on these dismal trends take on fresh urgency when juxtaposed with photos of Kristof’s schoolmates who are now homeless or dead. Chronicling a Community, and a Country, in Economic Crisis 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Detroit’s dismal financial situation has been a subject of minimal regard for many artists, who said that their city is far from the ghost town some might assume from the news. Update: As Detroit Flounders, Its Art Scene Flourishes 2013-08-06T21:07:06Z Sitting through a third-rate, unreleasable film is a thoroughly dismal experience, and repeated exposure to lameness requires a sort of grim, monocular focus that means festival-going can become a genuine ordeal. Edinburgh's festival of non-discovery 2010-06-21T15:50:00Z The show’s first season, based on Tom Perrotta’s eponymous novel, was both dismal and laughable. “The OA” Season two is coming, and it could be great 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z ‘THE CRUCIBLE’ The unfettered imagination of the experimental director Ivo van Hove has resulted in some dismal nights in the theater. The Best Theater of 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The PBS series “Frontline” pours a double shot of dismal on Tuesday in a program that examines the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and atrocities in Nigeria related to the hunt for Boko Haram. ‘Frontline’: ‘Ebola Outbreak’ and ‘Hunting Boko Haram’ 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s the dismal dialogue, like the moment where the woman pouts: “I’m not a bag of potatoes that you can transport without permission.” 365 Days: the Netflix softcore porn film that people can't stop watching 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z It now seems absurd that anyone once believed the ocean was inexhaustable: fish stocks are in dismal shape and scientists say overfishing is a global problem with potentially irreversible consequences to ecosystems and human livelihoods. Confusion at the fish counter: How to eat fish responsibly 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z To keep it felt unnecessary and a bit dismal — not because I regret either the marriage or the divorce, but because the joy and unity they announce ended in sorrow and division. I’ve Shed the Emotional Baggage of Divorce. But What About All This Stuff? 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The prisoners feel the heat, and their fear, "spreading from cell to cell and from yard to yard, vented itself in such dismal cries and wailings … that the whole jail resounded with the noise". John Mullan's 10 of the best: conflagrations 2012-06-29T21:55:01Z Turnout was especially dismal among younger, more liberal voters — “The Colbert Report’s” demographic, essentially. Colbert is not a pop culture prophet: Why we deified the “Colbert Show” host 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The film begins slowly, as a series of apparently banal and disconnected episodes, not to mention a shambling, comic quest for the most dismal and painful moan in the history of movies. “Reality”: A mind-melting journey into the subconscious of ’70s cinema 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Right now, HBO has “Vinyl” and “The Leftovers,” two shows with dismal first seasons and major retools for its second. “Game of Thrones” goes to war: The once-radical fantasy is now the establishment—for better and for worse 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z However, I came to Dunsfold Park expecting a hot and slightly dismal few hours at the track, and in the end I was thrilled – childishly, shamelessly, properly thrilled – by it all. The Stig and I: my Top Gear adventure 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Photo: PR This could be a triumph, or it could be dismal. This week's new comedy 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z The novel begins in Port Authority, the dismal bus terminal. Gary Shteyngart Is Back, on the Road and Still a Master of Dislocation 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Onstage a large screen offers detailed maps and dates about the Democratic Republic of Congo and its dismal past. Theater Review: ‘Cry for Peace: Voices From the Congo,’ at La MaMa 2012-10-19T23:47:45Z This dismal interconnection of our personal death with planetary crisis haunts a new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Judy Chicago — The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction.” Review | Judy Chicago doesn’t have time for games. The planet is dying, and so are we. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Seen through another, the outlook is more dismal: Women still account for just 20 percent of all directors, writers, producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top-grossing films. Amid calls for gender equity in Hollywood, the stakes are high. 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z There's merit to the argument that, especially in this dismal economy, taxpayers shouldn't be required to fund things they find offensive. The Smithsonian 'Anty Christ' censured and censored 2010-12-02T19:00:00Z “It sold more than any other Davis album, and fully launched jazz-rock with its multiple keyboards, electronic guitars, static beats and clutter. Davis’s music became progressively trendy and dismal.” 53 Years After Miles Davis’s Album, a Fresh Spin as ‘London Brew’ 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “Listen, I’m no dummy,” he says after a particularly dismal practice. Idris Elba, Starring in His Very Own Death Wish 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In the stage show, the movie plot has been reset from the early 1990s to the ’70s, and moved to Philadelphia, which must have a dismal witness protection program. Touring ‘Sister Act’ has more sass than soul 2013-08-21T21:55:05Z A dismal side effect of Ballet Theater’s programming is that the audience is encouraged to pick favorites. Dance Review: A Big House, Big Names, New Twists 2011-05-25T22:42:28Z No apologies, or dismal recounting of my other duties. My motherhood martyr routine 2014-04-10T23:00:00Z As Sylvia Nasar tells it, the story of “the dismal science” of economics is a bright one of onward and upward progress. Books of The Times: ?Grand Pursuit? by Sylvia Nasar - Review 2011-12-01T22:20:40Z A destitute married couple, Stan and Charmaine, are living in their car, dodging roaming bands of criminals and subsisting on dismal meals like stale doughnuts. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z In any case, there was no time for introspection on this particular night, as “Swan Lake” hurtled toward its dismal, ecstatic finale. Designated Cheering Spectators Thrive at the Bolshoi Theater 2013-08-14T21:19:18Z ON the surface the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art would seem to be a dismal place for dance. Museum Shows Leap Beyond The Frame 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z A year into our marriage, after numerous tests certifying his reproductive perfection at 36 and my dismal potential at 41, other dissimilarities emerged. Motherlode Blog: Why I Won't Adopt 2012-02-23T16:25:44Z And why do so many suicide victims own the same outdated computer game console, something like a dismal Game Boy, that contains one especially innocent-looking game involving colored fish? Review: In Stephen King’s ‘End of Watch,’ a Murderer’s Victims Kill Themselves 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Throughout this short novel they linger in the dismal all-night waiting room of a ferry terminal in the Spanish port city of Algeciras. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps spooked by its recent, dismal TRL reboot, the producers of the V.M.A.s avoided the word “video” as if it were the plague. The Scandalous Dullness of MTV’s First Post-Millennial V.M.A.s 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Stock Woolstencroft, architects of the dismal Stratford towers, are attempting to continue their march of mediocrity with schemes on the other side of the park. London's Olympics legacy faces early disqualification 2013-07-21T18:30:01Z Nevertheless, “Frozen’s” Broadway demise may be a dismal prologue to a tale of unhappy endings for some productions with previously healthy prognoses. Citing the pandemic, Disney puts Broadway’s ‘Frozen’ permanently on ice 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Every week that Melissa survives despite a dismal performance is due to Maks and Halfpint’s legacy. Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Results 2012-03-28T12:39:21Z How its now shop-soiled director will recover – having struck out with a third stinker in a row following the dismal one-two of Lady In The Water and The Happening – is really anyone's guess. This week's new cinema releases 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z Now the failure rushes to its dismal conclusion, and still they serve. Review | America’s libraries are essential now — and this beautifully renovated one in Washington gives us hope 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z And racial diversity in orchestras, dismal when Sphinx was founded, remains stubbornly low, though there are profound disagreements in the field about how to address the problem. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Translated into the realm of art, of a humanity that likes to consider itself civilised, these things become dismal indeed. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-01T17:45:01Z Here’s a look at some of the scathing reviews that have greeted movies dismal enough to receive a “0 percent” score on the ratings website Rotten Tomatoes. Trevor Noah Says L.A. Could Have a Strange Effect on the Olympics 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Considering a cookbook titled “Last Dinner on the Titanic,” she wonders about further meals in dismal moral taste. Prime Cuts From Jenny Diski’s Catalog of Intimate, Witty Essays 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z And no doubt it perked the troops up momentarily, but scrapping with the shadow chancellor only serves to keep the dismal state of the economy up in lights. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z Class consciousness and class hatred seethed on both sides of the social divide, which had grave consequences when the Second Empire collapsed in wake of the French army's dismal performance in the Franco-Prussian War. 'Massacre' a sobering chronicle of the Paris Commune 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Despite dismal reviews – the New York Times wished every theater would post signs “Fans Only” – G.I. White House Destruction Is Popular with Moviegoers; Why This is a Good and Bad Milestone 2013-04-01T17:20:40Z Critics slammed it as lifeless and lugubrious, and the box office was a dismal $20.6 million. Baz Luhrmann takes on challenging classic with 'The Great Gatsby' 2013-05-06T20:22:20Z No one under 18 is allowed in this dismal den, “The NYC Haunted House,” and delicate older audiences should stay away as well. Go Down That Hall. You Know You Want To. 2010-10-21T14:56:00Z After a first season with a healthy-sized audience averaging 7.7 million viewers, it returned this year to such dismal ratings it was banished to Saturday night. See how some theater veterans have fared on TV 2013-05-15T12:26:08Z But the overall effect is not dismal: instead, it brings out the visceral energy of the book and a feeling of defiance in the face of death. Crow – review 2012-06-23T23:05:49Z The central question for each is simple: How do you wrench meaning from such a dismal existence? Review: ‘No Knives in the Kitchens of This City’ Describes a Syrian Hell 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z With everything so serious and dismal, it'd be nice to play something a little more lighthearted and laughing, perhaps. Taryn Manning: "I don't want to keep playing characters that pass away" 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Disease, drought, and dismal farming conditions forced the colonists to depend on cargo shipments for food. 7 historical cases of cannibalism 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Kevin Smith has made some amusing films in his day but is incapable of breathing life into this soggy script and its dismal characters. Cop Out 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z This dismal view of my gender pervades the novel, and in all objectivity, I’d say it is a flaw. Review | What inspired sculptor Louise Bourgeois? One novelist takes a guess. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z And with crowds that seem to push you from one piece to the next, overwhelmingly large exhibitions, and a dismal lack of seating options, museum spaces sometimes seem to encourage this “more is more” ethos. The ‘slow art’ movement isn’t just about staring endlessly at paintings. It’s also about accessibility. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z In "Super Sad True Love Story," you could smell Gary Shteyngart sweat as he labored to keep his outrageous satire one step ahead of dismal current events. 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z A show as determinedly dismal as “The Walking Dead” can’t allow for outright comic relief, but the series has recently found a more broadly leavening influence in Ezekiel, who begins and ends this week’s episode. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z And like Romeo and Juliet, these two met a very dismal end. 10 Actually Happy Things That Happened on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z And Last: PAThOLOGY: The dismal science of figuring out which toilet jokes the Empress will think are funny. Style Invitational Week 1384: Of course there are stupid questions! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z This past weekend the spoof western proved unfortunately true to its title and a boon to headline writers, garnering anemic reviews and dismal box office. Seth MacFarlane's surprising tumble 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z It’s also bookended by action sequences containing some of the most inexplicably dismal CGI since The Rock became a giant, clammy scorpion. My streaming gem: why you should watch Lockout 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z He was known as “Dr. Doom” — a perennial pessimist in the often sunny world that is the dismal science of economics. Books of The Times: Nouriel Roubini Calls for Reform in ?Crisis Economics? 2010-05-06T21:49:00Z I felt that the kids needed an escape from a reality turned dismal, and I thought of the good doctor and his talking parrot, dog, pig, monkey and pushmi-pullyu. Doctor Dolittle’s Talking Animals Still Have Much to Say 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The lag is due to a dismal performance during the first two months of this year. Box Office: 'Aladdin' taking flight with $105 million in North America 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z On their own, they're a bit dismal, as empty stages always are. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z It’s a doorstop, full of sound and fury, more nihilistic than Shakespeare’s original, with all the blunt and dismal machinations of a soap opera. A King Lear Set in India, Wild and Tragic as Ever 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z What led them to these dismal spots, anyway? Deutsche Börse Photography prize show: mashups and moon walkers 2013-04-17T17:23:17Z For a crime that has a dismal 2 percent conviction rate, it certainly is getting talked about an awful lot. The truth about TV’s rape obsession: How we struggle with the broken myths of masculinity, on screen and off 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Following a dismal summer box office that plunged 14.6% from last summer to $3.8 billion, “It” serves in part as the pick-me-up the industry was desperately craving. Box office: Stephen King's 'It' smashes records with massive $117 million opening 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z “What an infinitely dismal fabrication this hostage film is that I have to occupy myself with these days,” Brecht wrote in July 1942. Film: Making Hollywood Films Was Brutal, Even for Fritz Lang 2011-01-23T02:19:11Z It got a dismal release and then it was gone. Sofia Coppola on making The Virgin Suicides: 'When I saw the rough cut I thought: Oh no, what have I done?' 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z As we frame an activist like Thunberg as a kind of celebrity oracle, we transfer our own responsibilities onto a teenager with a preternatural command of dismal statistics. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z What made Renton’s rant so profound to my mind, though, was not the checklist of dismal commodities so much as its unreasonable, unreasoned Lear-like howl against the way of the world. ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Supergirl’s performance follows a dismal fall of largely lackluster new show premieres. 'Supergirl' Opens With Fall's Biggest Premiere Audience 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The “safe house” was claustrophobic and dismal, reflecting the dark emotional wreckage Carol and Maggie had to navigate within and without as they faced off with their doppelgängers. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 13: Carol the Killer 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z What a dismal, vague patchwork is “To the Ones I Love.” Dance Review: Compagnie Thor Performs ?To the Ones I Love? - Review 2011-09-30T22:56:26Z The Dallas company's key sales measure sank 16 percent in the fourth quarter - a dismal holiday season performance despite higher advertising. Blockbuster shares tumble after bankruptcy warning 2010-03-17T18:33:00Z Doodles and giggles: Some senators spend impeachment trial in distraction = I scanned phone, Googled at “presidential transgressions committed,” dismal! Style Invitational Week 1427: Rocky of ages, or Badenov for you? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Given what a dismal year it's been for the family film, it's likely their parents will, too. Dolphin Tale: The Winter of Our Heart's Content 2011-09-21T22:15:00Z He was denied a speaking spot at the Democratic State Convention, thanks to his own blunt honesty about his dismal prospects. Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z “Thunder Force,” the latest in a string of dismal comic collaborations between Melissa McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, does nothing to improve upon its predecessors. ‘Thunder Force’ Review: Saving Chicago, One Mutant at a Time 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z It was a dismal performance from someone ill-equipped to explain his own foibles, to say nothing of his motivations, to say nothing of the centuries-long historical struggles around race which Wallen had inscribed himself into. The Morgan Wallen Conundrum 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z There is something dismal about watching comedians read insults off of a teleprompter. Please Kill the Celebrity Roast 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He means the third and final instalment of the dismal film franchise. A life in writing: Slavoj ?i?ek 2011-07-15T21:55:00Z “Summer 1993” balances delicately on the aftermath of a tragedy, but its tone is far from dismal. Review: A Young Orphan Finds a New Home in ‘Summer 1993’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite its dismal on-air ratings, the show is definitely worth watching. It's Not Too Late to Get Into Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z He escaped the most dismal fate, “club feet from stepping in molten iron by the furnace.” Review: ‘War and Turpentine,’ a Grandfather’s Painful Life 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z In The Rings of Saturn, he leaps from Suffolk to slavery in the Belgian Congo, while touching on the lugubrious history of herring fishing and the dismal lives of silkworms. WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z Roger G. Kennedy's introduction eloquently establishes the dismal context in which the work was done. 'New Deal for Artists' paints a picture of Depression-era America 2010-12-08T23:46:00Z When the team is rotten, and both teams were dismal for many years, “the fans suffer, but we suffer more than they do. Naturally, the owner is the target.” At 92, Irene Pollin tells her story and spares no details 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z By 1981, when Mr. Tinker was hired to resurrect NBC, the network was in the doldrums, with dismal ratings, sagging profits and defections by viewers, affiliates and advertisers, which threatened NBC’s very survival. Grant Tinker, Former Chairman of NBC, Dies at 90 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z His homecoming party, true to family form, is dismal and cheap, and soon Declan and Fly are at each other’s throats. | ‘Blood Potato’: James McManus’s ‘Blood Potato,’ by Apothecary Theater Company 2012-11-14T01:00:25Z “Their thesis is understated, deliberately dismal and intensely eloquent,” he wrote. William H. Grier, psychiatrist and the co-author of ‘Black Rage,’ dies 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z As dismal as these statistics are for the Emmy nominees, they are in line with the rest of the television industry. Women reign on Emmy favorites, but few are involved in making them 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z They've got one madly merry excuse for a knees-up called Last Call that would work well at a particularly dismal procession, or a wake. New band of the day ? No 772: Little Girls 2010-04-23T12:02:00Z Some are so dismal that they actually poison their predecessors, retroactively. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z They have bulging, bloodshot eyes and wear dismal frowns. | Takashi Murakami 2013-04-18T14:59:43Z By 1875, the Pawnee would be forced to leave for a dismal reservation in Oklahoma. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z And despite the finest passages of “The Illustrated ‘Farewell,’” this is a dismal program. Review: A Triple Bill at the Royal Ballet Comes Up Two-Thirds Short 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z This year's Berlinale needed as much red-carpet fodder as it could get to crowd out the groans about its mostly dismal film competition. Berlin film festival ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:49Z And in the league table of the last 52 weekends, the frame ranks a dismal 49th. Tron frozen out, Burlesque can't tickle a fancy and Fred clams up 2010-12-21T13:16:06Z It manages to be nasty as well as dismal. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters – review 2013-02-28T15:29:01Z “When our lives pass away in dismal loneliness, where will we find these beautiful moments again?” she crooned in Farsi from the stage at Expo 2020, Dubai’s world’s fair. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z If “Tangerine” is the film that gets people to think compassionately about the often dismal realities of life as a trans sex worker, that’s lovely. Mya Taylor is the face of this year’s most improbable Oscar campaign 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Vermont is the opposite, with high scores for physical and emotional well-being where it ranks 6th, and a dismal work satisfaction ranking, 42nd. The 5 happiest (and saddest) states in America 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z While Hollywood’s record on gender equality remains dismal, there are some reasons to be optimistic; Namely, the many high-profile female trailblazers who are fighting to expand the presence of women onscreen and behind-the-scenes. What Lena Dunham and Meryl Streep have in common: 5 major stars making Hollywood a better place for women 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Fighting a dismal backing band, the New Orleans native was still nimble and inventive, bending familiar lyrics in unanticipated ways on “A Milli” and “6 Foot 7 Foot.” Music Review: Axis of Hip-Hop Brings a Crowd to the Stage 2011-06-06T14:32:30Z The South African photographer Pieter Hugo's images of the human and animal inhabitants of the Agbogbloshie, in Ghana's capital Accra, present a record of a dismal work and an appalling place. The Deutsche Börse photography prize 2012-07-10T16:51:34Z Now streaming on HBO Max and playing in theaters, DC's "The Suicide Squad" may have opened to dismal box office numbers, but is drawing praise from critics who point out its unconventional heroics. The Suicide Squad's grim portrait of real-life, US-Nazi collaboration 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z His other legacy was a misplaced faith in the British public school system, which notwithstanding his dismal performance at his own British public school condemned me to the same fate. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Rather than an unfortunate accident befalling an already dismal state of affairs, the fire might symbolize a new kind of psychic energy burning away the dregs of the old and stuck, an exorcism. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Fair dreich roughly translates as “really dismal weather,” and though it’s rained for 35 of the 36 holes that we’ve played this day, my spirits are barely dampened. A wee bit of Scottish golf on Oregon’s coast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the show drew a dismal 3.4 million total viewers for a distant third-place finish in the 10 p.m. time slot, according to Nielsen. NBC pulls low-rated 'Allegiance' from the lineup 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z USA Today's Claudia Puig offers a more pointed review, writing, "'The Expendables 3' is as boneheaded and disposable as it sounds. Despite its star wattage, it might be the most dismal movie of the year." 'The Expendables 3': Action franchise is over the hill, reviews say 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z I tried again a few days later, with similarly dismal results. Perspective | The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and ‘The Endless Summer’ told us about surfing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z First of all, the stats for diversity in the academy are truly dismal–the academy is 94 percent white and 77 percent male. The Oscars have a taste problem, too: Here’s hoping new academy rules can zap middlebrow “Oscar-bait” dreck for good 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z That reaction foreshadowed the film’s dismal performance both with critics and moviegoers. Box-office flop "Cats" gets a re-release 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Yet a report released in March 2015 by the Writer’s Guild of America West revealed that minority writers accounted for just 13.7% of employment: a dismal statistic. Bamboozled: Spike Lee's masterpiece on race in America is as relevant as ever 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z There have been suggestions that screen time ought to be considered when determining what constitutes a lead or supporting role, but that seems a dismal way to assess the heft of a performance. Studio Two-Step Sometimes Defies Oscar Labels 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z James A. Morone’s “Republic of Wrath” offers a fresh theory to an already sizable pile of explanations for the dismal state of our politics. Are We More Divided Now Than Ever Before? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Bogard gamely exposes himself to the dismal conditions of night workers, which brings vividness and a certain authority to his account. The End of Night by Paul Bogard – review 2013-07-14T08:00:01Z Overseas, the buddy comedy based on the famed detective and his trustee sidekick has made a dismal $7 million, bringing its worldwide bounty to $35 million. Box Office: 'Aquaman' swims to third straight victory, nears $1... 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z But many readers will question the risk that Ward took by leading them on such a contrived course to such a dismal destination. 'The Flooded Earth': Peter Ward's vision of a world awash in the consequences of climate change 2010-06-10T20:50:00Z “He surmised, through a mouthful of diabetic chocolate, that he had only spoke 30 percent of his life. It was a dismal percentage.” The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Leigh’s braying Bunny offers no escape from anything, regardless of whether this dismal and dismissive couple ever makes it to California. Stiller, Falco pace 'House of Blues Leaves' 2011-04-26T00:31:01Z The spin-off is "rather dismal piece of work if I may say," he said. J.D. Salinger copyright case to be reconsidered 2010-04-30T19:04:00Z There’s absolutely been a sea change in the last three years, although when you look at the actual numbers, it’s still dismal. Gina Prince-Bythewood Made a Summer Blockbuster. It’s About Time. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In Knockaround Guys, an albatross film par excellence, Diesel was merely one of a quartet of inept young mobsters trying to start out on their own, with predictably dismal results. What makes a film an albatross for an actor? 2011-07-07T21:30:01Z The Western intelligentsia, snug in its echo-chamber, has done a dismal job of understanding what is going on, either dismissing populists as cranks or demonising them as racists. A perfectly timed book on populism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Frida embarks on an Odessan odyssey that reveals a decaying city and culture that underscores a dismal reality: Neither path — emigrating or hanging tough — is rosy. 'Panic in a Suitcase' a vivid immigrant tale of two cities 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z “Hollywood had become a “dismal, tragic place” and she found no reason to return to the U.S. Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Copycat movies, franchise fatigue and dismal reviews probably contributed to the result. ArtsBeat: 'Paranormal Activity 4' Leads Box Office 2012-10-21T22:48:45Z The dismal economic realities of the streaming age are such that not even Dudamel, for all his fame, gets the chance to tinker with his interpretations in a studio as earlier generations of conductors could. What Gustavo Dudamel’s Recordings Reveal About His Conducting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z What ensues when Edward and the town’s reactionaries clash cannot be properly called hilarity, and the end product of this dismal film is mostly befuddlement. ‘American Sausage Standoff’ Review: Order the Salad 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The dismal statistic is partly illustrative of massive educational disparities by race in the United States: “It says a lot about who gets these opportunities,” Grant said. Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z It's impossible not to think of Mad Men – but not poor, dismal Betty. Pop-up book club: The Feminine Mystique – day one 2013-02-20T19:05:08Z It's no secret that Detroit's advertising effort was dismal over the years. Where's the Sizzle in Selling Cars? 2010-07-22T15:40:00Z His play was thoroughly unremarkable, even dismal at times. Racist vitriol pours down on Cam Newton: Single-minded haters rush to judgement after a rough Super Bowl 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z According to its mission statement, the collective is determined to “disrupt the dismal dissemination of fashion discourse.” | The Kids Are All Right 2010-07-15T16:14:00Z When their dogs realize they are being left behind, they “set up a dismal howl,” leaping into the icy waters of the Mississippi in a vain attempt to follow. In ‘Exterminate All the Brutes,’ Raoul Peck Takes Aim at White Supremacy 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z She commented on the absence of women in the streets: "It felt as though we were on the fringe of a disinherited country and of some dismal Middle Ages." Istanbul, ed by Heather Reyes – review 2013-05-03T18:00:01Z Waugh came up with this novel partly in response to a dismal experience as a soldier in the second world war. Deadlines can give life to creative writing 2011-02-28T10:43:22Z Despite positive reviews, “Blinded by the Light” couldn’t hit the right tune with audiences and debuted with a dismal $4.5 million from 2,307 screens. Box Office: 'Good Boys' Leads Crowded Weekend With $21 Million 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z That staring down the end of a dismal year in exponentially worse shape than you and I and our planet started it isn’t much cause for rejoicing. I won’t let cynicism win 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z If he and his musicians can transform a dismal January lunchtime into a contender for an "event of 2013", they can have any prize they like. USB Soundscapes: Eclectica – John Adams; The Rest is Noise: LPO/Jurowski; Britten Sinfonia – review 2013-01-27T00:08:04Z When did Rockwell, let alone Frank Capra, fall out of fashion – replaced by Fox News, Glenn Beck and a constant diet of dismal headlines? The norms of Norman Rockwell 2011-01-30T22:00:03Z It's the dismal drumbeat to go with the cold drumstick, when most of us know that better alternatives exist, like sitting in your pajamas and shopping online. On the Runway Blog: Lessons in Shopping Discounts 2012-11-23T21:26:11Z Despite these dismal recent trends, Justice seems — finally — to be waking up to bullying by corporate movie chains. Indie cinemas fight back against bullying by corporate movie chains 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z One dismal thought as we leave this year is that some of its leading figures are still standing. Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z So it’s good to be reminded of the personal as well as principled conflicts among Wellington, Melbourne, Peel, Aberdeen, Disraeli and Gladstone, all of whom, one may say, seem towering figures by today’s dismal standards. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The Trinidad was scuttled - a dismal end to its career on the Arctic Convoys. George Lloyd compositions revived for Proms 2013-09-06T09:31:10Z Did he wonder if the play, a three-act tragedy that Hunter doesn’t acknowledge as bleak, made life in Idaho seem too dismal? Samuel D. Hunter’s Own Private Idaho 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As with his previous drama, A Separation, explores the dismal end stages of a marriage. Bérénice Bejo: 'The Artist was a gift. But I thought I was really good' 2013-05-25T18:00:02Z But that dismal day in synagogue only made me feel guilty and alone. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Cake Shop is a dismal place to play, a dark windowless basement with a sloping floor that ends in a claustrophobic stage. ArtsBeat Blog: Relationship Tension, Over Screeching Feedback 2011-10-19T05:46:55Z As the dismal completion rates for students in massive open online courses show, most people need a little more guidance. Review: ‘Design and Violence,’ Online at MoMA 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z And we try to steer clear of talks that are bound to descend into the same dismal partisan head-butting people can find every day elsewhere in the media. Internet doomsday, explained 2012-05-16T11:45:00Z Not that it should have been a surprise, of course; the show didn’t even get to the end of its original series with all its wheels intact, and both spin-off feature films were dismal. From Top Gear to The X-Files: the six worst TV shows of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z And the film was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal period for Hollywood. "Miracle on 34th Street" reminds us that home ownership was once an elusive dream for many Americans 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Ann Arbor has a good reputation in most circles, but Five-Year depicts it as dismal and provincial enough to cause a normal, stable fellow like Tom to lose his mind and his mojo. The Five-Year Engagement Feels That Long 2012-04-26T10:45:58Z In the dismal final episode, a garbled race to the finish line made us feel like losers for sticking with it so long. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “Sex Money Murder” is not boy food, thanks to its faithful depiction of the dismal banality of gang crime. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Again and again, we’re reminded that Sammie’s hermetically sealed understanding of her dismal situation is not necessarily complete — or even correct. Review | Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ gives voice to a parent’s darkest thoughts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z He says now that “as dismal and depressing as that moment was, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.” WATCH: Music legend John Oates on the 2 words that changed his life 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z In the cinema foyer he notices the dismal shades of lime and chalky mauve that describe this transitory limbo. Patrick Caulfield/Gary Hume – review 2013-06-06T06:00:05Z Thank you for giving us first-hand testimony to the dismal kinds of visitor behavior that this article decries. A National Park’s Plea: Enjoy the Animals; Don’t Act Like One 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z I’ve seen or read most of these, and found the vast majority of them flawed at best, dismal, or even downright annoying at worst. ‘Surprised and Dismayed’: Readers Respond to Our Best 25 Plays List 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z They provide that element of ecstasy that we all crave in dismal times. 42nd Street 2010-07-02T20:45:00Z There were a lot of young people like me using New York as a springboard to activate their bodies, even if the city itself was in a dismal state. New York City’s Gift of Motion: A 1970s Tale 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But despite Santa’s dismal showing this year, there is still jolly news. Santas are also in short supply this year, which leads to some intriguing alternatives 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “The survival rate of melanoma is a dismal 15% at stage four,” warns another. iPhones make lousy dermatologists 2013-02-04T19:08:00Z Now, hundreds of thousands of petroleum industry employees are being laid off, and recent graduates are facing a dismal job market. How to Make the Most Out of Your College Degree 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z It played for critics Monday night ahead of its Tuesday premiere, and was warmly welcomed as a genial reprieve after two days of dismal rain along the French Riviera. Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far 2012-05-22T11:13:15Z Schapker, from “Altered Carbon,” echoed these sentiments, saying that these shows did not need to be turned into sentimental fantasies or dismal dirges either. They Create Nightmare Worlds for TV. Now They’re Living in One. 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Not just any Adam, but the 15th-century marble statue that crashed to the floor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art — all 6 feet 3 inches of him — one dismal October evening in 2002. A Shattered Adam Statue Comes to Life at the Met 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Seife is witty on the many varieties of sock puppetry, the dismal online art of pretending to be, for personal gain, someone other than who you are. In ‘Virtual Unreality,’ Charles Seife Unfriends Gullibility 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z "Bridalplasty" may have spiked hand-wringing over reality TV -- "The Final TV Show Ever Made Before Mankind Slips Quietly Into the Dust," read the headline on Videogum -- but its ratings were dismal. "Bridalplasty": The reality TV apocalypse no one watched 2011-02-01T01:05:00Z Instead, it opened to a dismal $6m weekend, coming in fifth place the week of its release in late June. Arthouse blues: why did indie films have such a terrible summer? 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Quinn's numbers were even more dismal among voters outside the six-county Chicago metropolitan area: 65 percent disapproved while only 18 percent approved. Tribune/WGN-TV poll: Quinn still unpopular 2012-02-10T04:01:00Z Have we evaded one dismal failure mode — the trap of narrow overspecialization — only to stumble into the opposite extreme? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z And then there’s this: While a 116-to-100 ratio might sound dismal for the guys, in relation to other big cities, it really isn’t all that bad. Sorry, guys, Amazon's not why you're still single 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z One night after their dramatic victory over the Lakers, the Bulls were sloppy from the start and careless throughout in a dismal 99-91 loss to the Warriors. Bulls can't hang with Warriors in loss 2011-12-27T06:33:00Z “Station Eleven” does a lot of time-shuffling, so that only part of it is set in the dismal future. Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven,’ a Flu Apocalypse 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z But science lessons at school are often dismal. Questions, questions 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Given the dismal performances of the first two, their duet came off as a masterpiece for the judges and apparently the majority of the American public. "American Idol" recap: Down to the final four 2010-05-12T12:13:00Z After a dismal compulsory routine, Burnett had edged his way into the final, where his performance was nearly flawless, a marriage of artistry and near-robotic technique. Bounce so hard 2012-07-28T13:00:00Z Add in the extra revenue from widespread 3-D projection, and the dismal Hollywood summer of 2010 has finally found its zillion-dollar windfall. "Toy Story 3": Loads of calculated summer delight! 2010-06-18T00:20:00Z What a pity, then, that Harrison’s lyrics are dismal and dull. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Hollis records the brutal grind and its dismal effects on Thomas's morale. Now All Roads Lead to France by Matthew Hollis ? review 2011-08-05T21:55:07Z Even a stab at righting the wrongs westerns have done to language has a similarly dismal result. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Is it any wonder that Fitger’s career is, in his own words, “at a profound and dismal standstill”? A Letter of Recommendation 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Yet, unlike later ventures, Roanoke was a dismal failure. ‘The Secret Token’ Review: America’s First Unsolved Mystery 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z But her performance at Glastonbury a few days later was described by one critic as "dismal" and tabloid interest centred on an incident where she appeared to punch a fan. Obituary 2011-07-23T17:32:58Z The skiing was, frankly, dismal due to the ricocheting temperatures. Is Disentis Skiing?s Next Big Secret? 2010-12-11T01:33:00Z But she didn’t tell me there would be quite so many, or that any one of them could be this dismal. | 'Baby It?s You!': Girl Group Tale Is Reharmonized 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z In the early days it was the leading symbol of the new building’s failed vision, and its effect on the art shown within it was dismal. Hold That Obit; MoMA?s Not Dead 2010-12-30T16:49:20Z It felt as if we were being constantly reminded of that dismal and enduring truth throughout 2020. Perspective | In a year of Black Death, the movies showed us Black Life 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Contributing to dismal weekend results in North America was “Suburbicon,” which is Mr. Clooney’s sixth film as a director and his fourth misfire. ‘Jigsaw’ Carves Up Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’ at the Box Office 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Omar is joyless, practically sleepwalking through life in an environment that is dismal and dreary. "Limbo" will break your heart with the whimsical yet agonizing in-between life of refugees 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z That poorly reviewed film arrived to a dismal $1.2 million in ticket sales. After Dismal Summer, Hollywood Pins Hopes on Fall Ticket Sales 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Crass split in 1984 – following a dismal gig in support of the striking miners – and the sort of internal politics that scar so many bands means that any hopes of reunion won't be realised. Crass's political punk is as relevant now as ever 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Seth MacFarlane, who directed the film and voices Ted, wanted to give his character a moment of bliss before showing him more dismal times. ‘Ted 2’ (With Movie Trailer): Seth MacFarlane Narrates a Scene 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z In various Cold War proxy battles, in the Iraq war, in the debate over Syria, in the Libya intervention — again and again, predictions of a peaceful democratic future have yielded dismal results. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Was it a narrow effort by prosperous tech companies to recruit , or retain, female talent in an industry whose gender breakdown remains dismal? Company-Paid Egg Freezing Will Be the Great Equalizer 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z After a dismal stage show and a failed movie, with few friends and fewer opportunities, Mason thought his career was kaput. Jackie Mason's thorny career: Once a beacon for Jewish pride, the comedian later turned to bigotry 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Masa, which can be dismal in New York City, is ground and nixtamalized in the restaurant, and makes a delicious foundation for about half the things on the menu. New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2018 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Our apartment, located above a costume jewelry shop, was dismal and dark. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Despite the dismal roll call of London theatres that have burned to the ground over centuries, including the original Globe, Drumgoole is unshakably confident in the experiment. Shakespeare's Globe opens indoor theatre to stage winter's tales 2013-04-22T17:39:37Z Reading this book was like watching light slowly flooding a dismal room. 'Watchmaker of Filigree Street' is a magical tale of Victorian London 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The universally skewered movie is likewise stumbling at the international box office, where it ignited with a dismal $13.6 million from 38 markets. Box Office: 'Little Women,' 'Uncut Gems' Start Strong as 'Rise of Skywalker' Remains Victorious 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z “By the Sea,” directed and written by Ms. Jolie Pitt and starring herself and Mr. Pitt, generated $95,444 from 10 locations, a dismal result, especially given their star power. 'Love the Coopers' Beats Expectations, but James Bond and Charlie Brown Win the Box Office 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z “Winter’s War,” which also seemed to borrow from “Frozen,” took in a dismal $20.1 million at North American cinemas, or 64 percent less than its series predecessor, “Snow White and the Huntsman,” collected in 2012. ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Can’t Topple ‘The Jungle Book’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z In the 2000s, his finances were known to be dismal, child molestation accusations exploded and he was most often seen on the cover of tabloids. How death brought David Bowie a career breakthrough 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z While brushing aside the dismal expectations and hoary jokes about elderly people, she captures the real complexity and abiding passion of a long life. Isabel Allende’s ‘The Japanese Lover’: A tale of history and romance 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z A sizable audience enthusiastically consumed and applauded each and every dismal song, the more pessimistic seemingly the better. Siberia's bleak, beautiful baritone sweeps across L.A. Opera 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z According to the organization's 2013 report, "Failure to Act," our infrastructure's dismal overall G.P.A. reflects a growing shortfall in public investment. The freeway that looked like the future in 1940? Now, not so much. Nathan Masters on 'The Road Taken' 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z To rustle up cash, his parents placed him in a menial job at the dismal Warren's Shoe Blacking Factory. Book-It stages 'Great Expectations' 2011-02-10T20:55:04Z I wanted to encapsulate it into this beautiful and majestic creature, rather than something dismal and fearful.” | Colin Stetson feat. Justin Vernon 2013-06-21T13:02:03Z It was a dismal day for me at Woodward Park, Nov. 28, 1987. 'McFarland, USA' film revives long-buried memory for runner 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The music of “The Ship” is tolling and elegiac, while “Fickle Sun,” with lyrics about the “dismal work” of a soldier’s life, is in constant metamorphosis. Brian Eno: Ambient Sounds, but Political, Too 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The must-have consumer goods of 1996 – CD players, electric can openers and starter homes – have gone, replaced by a scattergun assault on dismal features of millennial life, especially social media. ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z This past Labor Day weekend was the worst in two decades and served as an appropriate capper to what all agreed was a season of dismal underperformers and outright duds. As the Toronto International Film Festival gets underway, a historically bad movie summer gives way to a cautiously promising fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z My retention of the Spanish language was dismal, and my knowledge of Spanish culture was very limited. Seamus Mullen's love affair with tortilla española: Find beauty in the simplicity of this dish 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z From the opening, Mr. Boom’s direction is uniformly uninspired: A reporter’s prison interview with Shakur frames the movie’s first half, and Mr. Boom blocks and shoots his scenes with dismal stolidness. Review: ‘All Eyez on Me’ Is Uninspired. Tupac Shakur Was Anything But. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z For the last 14 years they’ve been analysing family films and uncovering dismal statistics. How Incredibles 2 goes to work for the feminist superhero 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z And only the most dismal of minds could wish to see the refulgent Rosamund cover up. Rewind TV: Women in Love; The Killing 2011-03-27T00:05:34Z “It’s a dismal feeling,” Christian Ogier, a Paris dealer who attended the sale, said. Worries of Market Chill at Sotheby’s Auction of Ex-Chief’s Collection 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But, whether manned by uninspired inhouse teams or dismal contract caterers, they are usually terrible. Are arts venues catering for all your needs? 2013-04-08T10:45:50Z If Hollywood’s dismal track record with female directors is well known, lately the focus has shifted to other crew members, for whom the data is equally egregious. Female Cinematographers, Not Content to Hide Behind the Camera 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z If you were to dismiss the movie as dismal, you wouldn't be far off. How Low Can They Go? James Franco, Danny McBride and Natalie Portman in Your Highness 2011-04-07T09:15:00Z There's nothing wrong with wishful thinking, and we could use a bit more of it in this dismal political season. "Waiting for 'Superman'": Can public education be saved? 2010-09-23T01:01:00Z And the movie’s dismal outlook even extends to the dimly-lit cinematography. Review: ‘Rosa Chumbe’ Offers Little Hope for Redemption 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Released by Fox Searchlight, "The Art of Getting By" played in 610 theaters and averaged a dismal $1,148 a cinema. Reynolds' 'Lantern' has low-beam debut of $52.7M 2011-06-19T20:46:03Z She imagines an empty future defined by billable hours, a legal career as “culturally approved-of beard for my dismal personal life.” This Memoirist Got By With a Little Help From Strangers 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z In the month-plus since we returned, an extreme heat wave and spate of wildfires have chased thousands from their homes, left Athens draped in smoke and rendered the capital’s air quality dismal. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Mr Roberts concedes that “Napoleon’s understanding of naval affairs was dismal.” Flawed sparkler 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Our evening would be full of awkward pauses and icy silences, and we’d be overwhelmed by a sense of helpless resignation about the long and dismal life we’d now be forced to spend together. The terror of the first post-baby date 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z By the end, I was working as a bartender in a dismal pub outside London to save money to fly home. Just a Book? No, More Like a Trusty Companion 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z “From promising to successful to very successful to less successful to still less successful to a dismal sales track to being my sales track to goodbye.” Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Alas, today’s border walls, whether real or only metaphorical as in a post-Brexit England, are dismal signs of provincialism, pettiness and decline. Review | A welcome reminder that there’s value to being a citizen of the world 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z You cast a jaundiced eye at reports like this, and then try to forget how dismal the City remains. Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Purportedly about a dismal romantic engagement with John Mayer, it is produced in the style of Mayer, dressed liberally with blues guitar noodling. Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ Takes a Note From Taylor Swift: Leave a Mark 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Weiner adeptly traces the F.B.I.’s slow recovery after the scandals of the 1970s and especially its dismal record tracking Al Qaeda and Middle Eastern terrorists. Books of The Times: Tim Weiner?s ?Enemies? and F.B.I. Counterintelligence 2012-03-14T21:09:12Z “The Current War” earned a dismal $2.7 million from 1,022 screens, marking one of the lowest openings for a nationwide release. 'Joker' Reclaims No. 1 Spot on Box Office Charts 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He added, “The thesis is understated, deliberately dismal, and intensely eloquent; its impact is overwhelming.” William H. Grier, Psychiatrist Who Delved Into ‘Black Rage’ in 1960s, Dies at 89 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The vice presidential debate on Tuesday was supposed to be a reboot for the Obama campaign after the president’s dismal performance at his debate with the Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney, last week. The Tv Watch: Biden Takes off Gloves in Vice Presidential Debate 2012-10-12T05:09:03Z That is less a compliment than it sounds: Most “Carmen” ballets are clunkily melodramatic and choreographically dismal. Review: Richard Alston’s ‘Carmen’ in Fort Lauderdale 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Those wised-up Sox fans would then add that, even after all that, there was still another game for Boston to play—and blow a lead in—before the Series reached its dismal end. Saying Goodbye to Bill Buckner, and the Myths We Attached to Him 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The results are mostly dismal, making for the sort of album that reinforces faith in big, lumbering institutions that understand starmaking. New Music: Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue, Kenny Chesney 2013-04-29T21:31:45Z The show is hoping to rebound from the dismal viewership of last year’s broadcast, which was both an all-time low and the norm for pandemic-era awards shows. Report: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes to host Oscars 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z I interviewed Mr. Wajda several times in the early 1980s, both during the heady Solidarity period and after the dismal establishment of martial law. Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Aiden scuttles home, to plot bitterly, between the school run and comedy dismal MP's surgeries in the local church hall; and to stare at a symbolic question mark-shaped crack on the bedroom ceiling. The Politician's Husband – TV review 2013-04-26T06:00:11Z But that revival will also revert, for the first time since the early 1970s, to the four-act version, a dismal decision that the Met should reconsider. Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z At the same time, everybody who writes about restaurants was still trying to metabolize last year’s dismal revelations about the way some major chefs and proprietors are said to treat women in their establishments. New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2018 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Another essay links House's misanthropy with Jean-Paul Sartre's dismal view of human relationships. The Meaning of Mad Men: Philosophers Take on TV 2010-08-07T07:45:00Z Warren takes a dismal view of the enterprise. 'Loving Day's' examination of race is handled with candor, wit 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Time and time again, they’ve tried to buddy Bauer up with a hip, young interloper, and every single time it’s ended in dismal failure. Dammit! 24 to return without Jack Bauer 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z This book “seeks to put to rest forever the dismal imagery of the ‘Dark Ages,’” our reviewer, Michael Strevens, wrote. New in Paperback: ‘The Three Mothers’ and ‘Head Wounds’ 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z It’s not a question the audience usually gets at “The Iceman Cometh,” with its pickled human wreckage cowering inside Harry Hope’s dismal saloon. Review: Cheering Up Eugene O’Neill With Song, Dance and Puppets 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Even after Friday’s dismal news, abortion rights activists were trying to keep their chins up, pointing out that there are other regimens for medication abortions, albeit regimens that are less effective and more painful. Perspective | The abortion-pill ruling will make abortions as harrowing as possible 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z It has generated scathing reviews and scored a dismal 12 on Metacritic.com. Will 'Suicide Squad' break August box office record? 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z It will titillate paedophiles and fantasists, but for most people, reading it will have the dismal, lowering effect either of reality TV or of a very bad novel. Tiger, Tiger by Margaux Fragoso ? review 2011-04-10T05:30:01Z They come at a moment when the English-language publication of François Truffaut's last interview finds him regretting the dismal consequences of trying to turn regular film directors into auteurs. Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z When I first visited the Met in the 1990s I thought it made London's museums, which at the time were rundown after the Thatcher years, look dismal. Victorian visionary of the 21st century: the V&A embraces photography 2011-07-19T13:41:01Z The song, about dismal boys and their low expectations, took hold, eventually reaching No. 23 on the Hot 100 and getting certified platinum. Sure, Daya Wants to Visit the Club. But She Doesn’t Want to Live There. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z His rich baritone is equal to the jaunty “Gettin’ Ready Rag,” the sweetness of “Sarah Brown Eyes” and the soaring tragic notes the dismal plot heaps on Coalhouse. Review | ‘Ragtime’ sings with purpose at Ford’s Theatre 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Many dismal meals would be saved if I carried an eyedropper of gravy sauce around with me. A Rare Treat on Delancey Street: A Chef Who Cooks for You 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z While the critical reaction wasn't completely dismal, the box office was lackluster. 15 summer "blockbusters" that completely tanked at the box office 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z These were interspersed with other hits, including the Rambo action films, Cliffhanger and the Expendables series, and a fair few duds, notably his dismal forays into comedy such as Stop! Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z You have to understand, it was like going to bed one night when everything was gray and dismal and waking up to a world that was sunny and alive. ‘What Does Paranoid Mean?’ The Story Behind the Black Sabbath Hit 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Those mourning Day-Lewis’s imminent disappearance from the movies do well to remember James Cagney’s quieter but no less resolute decision to quit acting in 1961, after a dismal experience filming the satire “One, Two, Three.” Perspective | If Daniel Day-Lewis is really done acting, is it any surprise he did it on his own terms? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The Fox network has no intention of backing away from “The Following,” which stands as its most important show of a dismal season. Real Violence Puts Pressure on TV Fiction 2013-01-13T21:09:28Z For a few decades, Tangier was a playground for the wealthy and the literary-minded, but by the 1980s it was crumbling and dismal. Lost in Tangier 2010-09-11T09:00:00Z Our headline summed it up best: “A reputedly clever man, an allegedly dismal book.” Your Tom Wolfe Reader 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Still, he retains his Pierrot makeup as he hoists himself onto the side and then the top of the pole: it promises to be as dismal as the rest of the show. A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z Mitropoulos chafed at the early recording process, but his style is audible through dismal sound. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The Scottish philosopher and writer Thomas Carlyle first referred to economics as a “dismal” scientific pursuit in the 19th century. ‘The Dismal Science’: a dark brew of angst and economics 2014-01-22T22:35:56Z "A lot of people," says Arad, "thought it had to be either a living park or a cemetery and a forever dismal place." Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z Of 225 initial entrants for this competition — all of them young hopefuls struggling through the early stages of their podium careers — only five were women: a dismal but not wholly surprising statistic. Elim Chan’s Flick Conducting Prize Is Rare Win for a Woman 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z If he stood on the dismal toilet in his cell, he could sometimes see the London skyline. A Filmmaker Put Away for Tax Fraud Takes Us Inside a British Prison 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z That raises the specter of a global currency war: At a time of dismal economic growth, every country would prefer a weak currency to make its exports cheaper abroad. Stocks take a beating worldwide 2011-08-05T02:12:00Z Then again, a place this dismal is the perfect setting for a plot about a serial murderer people call “The Quaker.” Rotters, Holy Dusters and Murderers 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z He grew up in the kind of dismal suburb that most ’60s rebels couldn’t wait to escape. Elton John Puts Down in Words How Wonderful (and Weird) Life Has Been 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The winter was snowy, gray and bitingly cold; the supermarkets were dismal; I didn’t speak the language; the seam where the Berlin Wall once stood was still largely a landscape of rubble and vacant lots. My Berlin: Reckoning With the Past 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He devotes a whole chapter to “the dismal economics of child rearing,” for instance, wherein he proposes policies that are common in Western Europe, such as greater subsidies for child care and tertiary education. Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be ‘One Billion Americans’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z And those figures — already dismal when compared with other rich countries — exclude millions of Americans whose jobs don’t include paid time off. You’re a different person when you travel. Here’s why, and how to transform yourself at home. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Writing in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther called the movie “as dismal, dark and depressing a drama of events in World War II as this reviewer has yet witnessed.” Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Underlying these outrage-bait money articles is another dismal generational reality that fuels our culture’s delusions about work and wealth. Refinery29, Kylie Jenner, and the Denial Underlying Millennial Financial Resentment 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Eggleston’s photograph of a freezer interior, stocked with beef pies and vanilla ice milk, painted a dismal picture of the American diet. Art Review: ‘Sinister Pop’ at the Whitney 2012-11-25T22:37:12Z Contributors gather in the "green room" – a dismal, untidy, cramped space the size of a small tent – and they are hurried on and off the set. Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011-08-20T23:06:06Z It’s not just behind the camera; a survey of the past 40 years in Oscar prizes uncovers a dismal lack of female-driven storytelling. Why are female narratives still undervalued by Hollywood? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z In these dismal days of climate change, imperial decline, endless war, and in my city, a hapless football team, I seem to be experiencing a strange and unaccustomed emotion: hope. No victory left behind: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton changed how people talk about sex, race and class 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z But as the evening wore on, Mr. Doyle’s take seemed increasingly apt; unlike the distracting busywork of Mary Zimmerman’s dismal Met “Lucia,” this staging fixed attention where it belonged, on intimate character entanglements. Houston Grand Opera Holds to Its Promise of Excellence 2011-02-09T16:15:56Z "Chatsworth Food, a company selling jams, chutneys, biscuits, and cakes, which were supposed to make Chatsworth’s fortune, was a dismal flop." AD Remembers: Deborah Duchess of Devonshire 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Melding an intense music with the transformative power of metaphor, its incantatory poems delved deeper into death, despair, disappearance and dismal weather, with Baudelaire as their presiding spirit. The Havocs by Jacob Polley – review 2013-01-04T21:55:01Z The “lost girls” might sometimes trudge home to dismal bedsits, but they would also be regularly invited to glamorous cocktail parties and dinners at the Ritz. Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Storerooms and cab shacks, the dismal quarters of the unhinged; subterranean, ailing restaurants, a photographer's darkroom, a survivalist's backwoods cabin, bomb-maker's workshops and a conspiracy theorist's cluttered workroom are more Nelson's metier. Mike Nelson's art must punch above its weight at the 2011 Venice Biennale | Adrian Searle 2010-03-31T10:39:00Z The pastor had time to call out "murder!" in a "wry, dismal" manner, but died almost immediately afterwards. Damn His Blood by Peter Moore – review 2013-06-11T10:16:10Z But Grandage struggles with animating such a dismal treatment of gay history. ‘My Policeman’ Review: Two Love Affairs, Equally Tragic 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The crowds made the most of a respite from recent dismal weather to enjoy the final day of Europe's biggest street festival, with thousands watching the parade in west London. Notting Hill carnival: sunshine brings smile to revellers 2010-08-30T17:04:00Z The president's appearance follows last Friday's dismal jobs report, which showed that employers added no jobs in August. Obama to spend Labor Day at union rally 2011-09-05T11:44:00Z Last year, students at the impeccably liberal Oberlin College in Ohio protested about the dismal food in the student canteen. Why it’s OK to play with your food 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z For every I Got You Babe or Be My Wife, there's a Mrs Lennon, a Yoko Ono song so dismal and melody-free it makes lifelong matrimony sound about as much fun as an invasive fistulotomy. Can music and marriage mix well? 2010-05-05T14:48:00Z Seemed like a nice note on which to enter the holiday weekend, even one in which the dismal "Hangover Part II" is playing in theaters. A SIFF weekend, and a few words from Amy Poehler 2011-05-26T17:24:07Z The prospect of human extinction would be dismal for arguably the most delightful primates in the series, the rhesus macaques of Kathmandu. King of the swingers: what Primates tells us about our locked-down world 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The graphic images are tied to equally dismal, unrelenting music. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z The movie has a dismal 7% fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes thanks to critics like the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips, who said "Atlas" is "crushingly ordinary in every way." 'Atlas Shrugged' producer: 'Critics, you won' 2011-04-26T07:00:00Z Richard Kent's design, in which grey light drizzles over dust and candlewax, makes the dismal homestead look like a deserted chapel. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z More worrying are the religious kitsch paintings and Catholic-tat plaster sculptures, which decorate an installation that's like some sort of dismal, Father Ted vestry. Jake or Dinos Chapman - review 2011-07-14T15:05:56Z It inhabits one character’s struggle to imagine a bright future when a dismal present is so much closer at hand. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Lest that sound too dismal, buried inside the action is a story of hope hard won. Hurtling along in Bong Joon-ho's train movie 'Snowpiercer' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In spite of this dismal outlook, I took the job and found great satisfaction and pride in my first two years there. Policing the police 2012-08-29T18:11:00Z Whoever was advising Mackenzie on the subtleties of French workplace culture also did a dismal job. In Europe’s Theaters, Outsiders Tread a Tricky Path 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This makes me wonder whether the pragmatic May was making a deliberate point with her dismal menu – perhaps, in fact, she was just trying to prepare her team for disappointment. Chicken lasagne and boiled potatoes? Theresa May's dismal menu 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s been a dismal year, but let’s look at the bright side: It’s nearly over. 10 Sparkling Wines for Leaving 2020 Behind 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Even accounting for bad reviews and miserable word-of-mouth — The Lone Ranger scored a dismal 25 percent score on the review-aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes — might there be some other factors at work. Seasonal Disorder: Summer-Blockbuster Fatigue 2013-07-08T17:31:17Z “Spiral,” a spinoff of the “Saw” movies starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, has become another big hit despite dismal reviews. Perspective | Hey, Hollywood: Want to get us back in theaters? Try giving us the next ‘Magic Mike’ or ‘Girls Trip.’ 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Let us do our best to wipe the memory of its dismal finale My Struggle II – a nightmare piece of X-Files Tumblr fanfiction worryingly made flesh – and pray that this really is the end now. Reboot regrets: the TV revivals that should never have happened 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Christ, there's more than enough material with which to ridicule Ireland's "journalistic" elite, given their dismal record over the past decade. Seinfeld takes up hip-hop and Rowan Atkinson takes on the law – and wins 2013-01-22T16:18:04Z Haart paints a dismal picture of her old ultra-Orthodox life, portraying it as oppressive, suggesting women are deprived of decent educations and are basically allowed just one purpose — to be a “babymaking machine.” Netflix Series Stirs Debate About the Lives of Ultra-Orthodox Women 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z All of those concerns still have credence, but much of the critical discussion in 2012 turned not merely cynical but downright dismal. Oscar movies are hits, too, for a change 2013-02-18T08:46:04Z As if observing an exotic tribe, the AP marveled that “Some New Yorkers, desperate for storage space … turn their ovens into storage for clothes,” as if to insinuate, how dismal a life! New York only wants investment bankers 2012-07-28T16:00:00Z What makes this accounting even more dismal is that it is no longer credible to blame the proverbial pipeline. Lean in? Here’s why the glass ceiling still exists 2013-09-15T10:59:00Z Having moved from dismal slums, she marveled at the light and views from her “poor-man’s penthouse” on the 11th floor. Critic?s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales 2012-01-25T19:30:11Z Later, most of the terraces were torn down and replaced with dismal housing estates. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It is discreetly savage payback for every dismal 15-seat author’s appearance and night at a terrible hotel Ms. Mantel must have put in during her lean years. ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,’ by Hilary Mantel 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Photograph: ITV/Rex Features Well, bless my soul, I'm the son and the heir/You were working as a waitress in dismal, dull affairs. Readers recommend: Resurrection songs 2010-04-01T23:01:00Z This, too, has a local connection; mental health resources in the city and state are dismal. How Civil Must America Be? 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z In “The Long Black Line,” I investigated a single dismal year in the life of a Jesuit novice. John L’Heureux on the Mystery of Grace 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z It had documented dismal numbers for women at the Grammys — just 20 percent of voting members in 2018 were women, it found — and prepared a raft of recommended changes. How the Grammys and Deborah Dugan Went From Hello to War in 5 Months 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z A Razzie doesn’t merely follow but actively underwrites and validates a dismal reputation. The man behind the Razzies: 'Brian de Palma had no talent' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But while most carmakers are enjoying gains from last year's dismal sales levels, the bounce is not universal. The Year's Worst-Selling Cars 2010-12-03T18:25:00Z One reviewer was particularly distressed by the novel’s dismal gloominess. Perspective | Two centuries after her birth, Emily Brontë’s gifts keep giving 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Back then, he dismissed Harrison’s lyrics as “dismal and dull.” Meet the critic who panned ‘Sgt. Pepper’ then discovered his speaker was busted. He’s still not sorry. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z As for commercial returns, so far the tally is dismal. Die Hard 5 elbows Wreck-It Ralph out 2013-02-20T09:00:03Z In the annals of Beatles history, only Yoko Ono has suffered a more dismal fate. La la la la lovely Linda: Remembering love and laughter with Linda McCartney’s "Wide Prairie" 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z A slave’s cabin with a lone glassless window and shabby furnishing is a dismal rebuke to the main house. Following Audubon?s Footsteps in Louisiana 2010-04-15T21:58:00Z It was a dismal end to a dismal conflict. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The prospect of this rugged man having to pace the floors of some suburban box is a dismal one. The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters – review 2012-07-13T21:40:01Z After all, endless permutations of The Notebook might seem like a dismal prospect, but it's no more dismal than the thought of Sparks writing, say, Die Hard. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z He makes no apology for having left out the dismal strands in Joplin's story, except for a recurring note of profound loneliness. Capturing Janis Joplin's intensity onstage takes teamwork — and strong tea 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The Grammys have historically been dismal at recognizing Black artists in the major award categories. Why the Grammys Couldn’t Resist Jon Batiste 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z That home, towering above the city, is as spacious and warm as the other interiors are dismal and claustrophobic. Am I in Manhattan? Or Another Sequel to ‘Blade Runner’? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The comedy, which attempted a TV comeback for the former star of "Mad About You," attracted a dismal 3.4 million viewers to its premiere. NBC axes 'Paul Reiser Show' after only 2 weeks 2011-04-25T18:28:12Z It’s about blinkered lives, scummy apartments, dismal food, bad options. ‘Preparation for the Next Life’ by Atticus Lish 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Thought that between the songs squawking is a bit dismal. The Rolling Stones and all tonight's bands – live! 2013-06-30T00:31:00Z My first attempt to summit was a dismal failure. The Bike That Saved My Life 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Trebek said his goals for the summer were to get his strength and hair back, and his progress on both fronts was “dismal.” ‘Jeopardy!’ host Trebek says he’s resumed chemotherapy 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Following a dismal summer box office that plunged 14.6% from last summer to $3.8 billion, “It” serves in part as the pick-me-up the industry was desperately craving. Box office: Stephen King's 'It' smashes records with massive $117 million opening 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z As far as these prison advocates are concerned, it’s the general public that needs to be educated regarding the systemic socioeconomic asymmetries feeding the dismal growth of rates of incarceration in a this country. The prisoners who kicked Harvard’s ass: Only people who think Ivy Leaguers are smarter than felons were surprised 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The dismal softcore romp Come Play With Me ran for four years straight. From Don't Look Now to The Godfather – why the 1970s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Last year, a report by the University of Southern California, released days before the show, found dismal numbers about the representation of women in the music industry and at the Grammys. Can the Grammys Please Anyone? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z We read for the women, the dismal yet beatific textures of their lives. Two Novels Confront Violence Against Women 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It was a vicious place reeking of "raw cement, floor polish and plastic tiles" and did nothing to lift the dismal spirits of Charlie Crocker. Shooting Angels by Christopher Hope ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:01Z The kind of rich vulgar taste she represents is d for down, d for dreary, d for dull, and for depressing, dismal and deadly. Imagining a World After Anna 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Worse by far are Ms. Meade’s dismal readings of West’s novels. Books of The Times: ?Lonleyhearts? by Marion Meade: Lives of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney 2010-03-18T23:29:00Z The museum has one of the most important collections of period rooms in the world, beginning with an imaginary medieval bedroom, dismal and dark. An Old Paris Museum Makes a New Name for Itself 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Only after much prodding does she confess that, yes, she already had a novel published, but its dismal reception left her so sore, she all but gave up hope. Anna Gunn and Billy Magnussen Star in ‘Sex With Strangers’ 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Here’s Lepore’s description of that time: “A sense of inevitability fell, as if there were a fate, a dismal dismantlement, that no series of events or accidents could thwart.” The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The Lake Washington sockeye counts at the Ballard Locks finally showed a glimmer of hope in the past two days with counts on the rise after a dismal start. Lake Washington sockeye counts on the rise, but still not up to par 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z But when it talks, or tries to develop a situation, Alvin 2 relies on shtick that sinks below even the dismal standards of high school comedies and buddy farces. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z He sees only a dismal, unfocused projection of what lies ahead. ‘Downton Abbey’s’ final season seems intent on sticking the landing 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Comedy "Johnny English Reborn" debuted in the North American market at eighth place with a dismal $3.8 million. "Paranormal 3" breaks records at weekend box office 2011-10-24T02:01:48Z One happy consequence of our dismal political moment is a rediscovery of Lange. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Each Devonshire family member demonstrates a tender allegiance to one another, even when things seem dismal. Review | What inspired ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’? One novel explores the possibilities. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" made a dismal $16 million at world box offices over the summer, and the show won just two Emmys last week, for best casting and for guest actress Gwyneth Paltrow. "Glee" debut loses TV fans but wins over critics 2011-09-21T19:24:06Z The return of Ms. Lang’s “Garden Blue” couldn’t diminish the dismal memory of her “Let Me Sing Forevermore,” a duet performed for the first time in New York last week. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Aside from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in 2011, Mr. Bruckheimer’s track record of late has been dismal, with duds including “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Masked Lawman Stumbles at the Gate 2013-07-07T19:43:07Z In addition, the $25-30 million production posted the most dismal opening in box office history—earning just $918 on its opening weekend. The Razzies aren’t fun anymore: The snarky answer to the Oscars has become a pointless, tone-deaf, self-important sham 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z In the dismal and farcical age of Donald Trump, we badly need something like the scathing, cleansing force of Arendt’s intellect. Is Donald Trump a new Hitler? Hannah Arendt might argue that they’re closer than you think 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Fisher works out his aggravation by writing letters to some of his patients, explaining why he couldn’t spend more time with them, and why the health care system is so dismal for so many. An E.R. Memoir Conveys Hectic Work, Empathy and Outrage 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z More than half of the poems express deep-seated resentment for the immigration station’s dismal conditions or describe the desire to avenge unfair treatment. The Lost Poetry of the Angel Island Detention Center 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Jonathan Bennett and Allison Holker: After his dismal performance last week, Allison takes Jonathan into the closet, away from the cameras, but still on microphone, and whispers in his ear, “Be you! Be you!” 'Dancing With the Stars': Pitbull Gets Caliente on Latin Night 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The year to date box office is also struggling after a dismal January. Box Office: 'Miss Bala' fumbles as 'Glass' leads slowest Super Bowl... 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z As dismal hours in the airport lounge slipped by, my mind stayed locked in the conveyor belt of a fantasy saga. Learning to Love Airport Lit 2012-02-17T20:39:16Z The flat was dismal, tired, tiny, with technology in abundance and leads stretching across the floor. Time to get out my ‘sex shirt’ … tonight might be the night 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Like the dismal science of economics, we are often only wise after the event. Creation: The Origin of Life; The Future of Life, by Adam Rutherford – review 2013-04-06T14:00:01Z Valerian had a dismal $17m opening weekend in the US last month. Luc Besson on turning Rihanna into a 28th-century Cleopatra and being stood up by Prince 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z A different way to dramatize the climate emergency is to make it part of the dismal background noise of daily life, as in fact it is. ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The year 2011 was particularly dismal for black actors and filmmakers at the Oscars: not one of the nominees among the nine best-picture contenders or four acting categories featured any black talent. Racial barriers still hold back Hollywood's black talent 2014-02-26T01:14:44Z But the future that stretches out before her is mired in dismal servitude. Review | ‘The Doll Factory’ is a guilty pleasure wrapped around a provocative history lesson 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “We should make sequels to more of our movies,” says Seth Rogen in the dismal vanity project “This Is the End.” ‘This Is the End’: Celebrity party goes down in flames 2013-06-11T16:52:35Z Late last night, after the dismal slog of the Golden Globes, when everybody was about to gratefully give up consciousness and go to bed and begin a new week, the terrible news hit. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The quality of the education those children received was often dismal, dictated by the fact that a mere fifth of teachers were qualified to teach. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z For fans who remember Lindsay-Hogg’s film, or have read dismal anecdotes in any of dozens of Beatles books, Jackson’s scenes of lighthearted antics and creative breakthroughs jump off the screen. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The lighting was dismal and in some scenes you could barely see the actors' faces. Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In a year of historically dismal receipts at the American box office, Arnett was in two of the biggest smashes. Will Arnett: 'I'm done with super-dumb' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Spending time browsing here was among my most dismal shopping experiences in recent memory: joyless, arbitrary, spiritually empty. The Amazon Warehouse Comes to SoHo 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z |
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