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However, no account of the Northwest's soaked misery surpasses that of the great American explorer and abysmal speller William Clark, who recorded his observations nearly 200 years ago.
The best way to change China's abysmal human-rights record is to "engage" China so that its government has a stake in the good opinion of the rest of the world.
The “popular British film of the 1970s, with Dirk Bogarde, I'm Allright Jack ,’ was, in fact, a popular British film of the late 1950s, I'm All Right, Jack , and Dirk Bogarde, who was off in Hollywood being Liszt in the abysmal Song Without End , wasn't within 3000 miles of it when it was being made.
On the other hand, the WB and UPN networks, with abysmal ratings, are considered comers because of their success with youth--a prized demo.
A book review calls the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy an abysmal failure.