Word: anti-climaxed
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...D.F.L. convention nine months later was gruelling and bitter but still something of an anti-climax. Keith needed twenty ballots to win its endorsement but Rolvaag didn't even stay for the finale. The governor hoped to block Keith and force the convention to adjourn without endorsing anyone, but even six months of vigorous Rolvaag campaigning in early 1966 and growing apprehension over Keith's dangerous liabilities couldn't turn the Democrats from the course set at Sugar Hills...
Niederhoffer won the finals over Sam Howe (Ralph's older brother) 11-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-13, in a match of equal calibre, though dramatically a bit of an anti-climax. Sam Howe is probably the slowest of the top players, but he possesses the most accurate placements in the amateur game...
Woodland Revelry, as a closing piece, was a bit of an anti-climax. It lacked the brilliant individual performances of the leads in American in Paris and the general solidness of The Comedy. It was nevertheless a delightfully funny piece. The music is an orchestral arrangement by Kay of Gottschalk's late nineteenth century minstrel songs...
...varsity's victory was an anti-climax. Sweeping four events, the Crimson piled up an early lead, then coasted leisurely home. Individual winners were Dave Abramson in the 200 freestyle, Danny Mahoney in the dive, and Neville Hayes in the butterfly...
...Harvard Review's issue on consciousness-expanding drugs turned out to be a veritable gold mine, as the Review spread as far as the opium dens of Hong Kong. Anything following was bound to be something of an anti-climax, although the editors tried to soften the anticipated thud by focusing on Communist China, a topic fascinating in its own right. Yet the fall-winter edition of the Review is disappointing even by pre-drug issue standards...