Word: anticlimax
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Supposed to have thrown the brand was one Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutchman whom the Nazis call a Communist. The other four prisoners were Ernst Torgler, a German Communist leader, and three Bulgarian Communists. But last week in London, Germany's trial was being deflated into an anticlimax by one of the strangest trials in history...
...matches that followed, between Austin and Allison, was close and exciting but Austin, against an opponent who seemed worn and overtrained, had speed enough to win 6-2, 7-9, 6-3, 6-4. That decided the series and Perry's match against Vines would have been an anticlimax if it had been less desperately, less tragically played...
...country's oilmen hastened at his call to assemble in Washington, make a report to him favoring strict proration. They expected to receive commands from the new chief. Instead the President sent telegrams to the Governors of oil States saying it was up to them to act. Result: anticlimax, nothing done. Last week with the oil industry worse off than in March, oilmen again looked to Washington. With chaos, caused by Texas, looming, Governors Murray of Oklahoma and Landon of Kansas met in Oklahoma City and sent emissaries to Washington to help draft a bill which would make Secretary...
...woman. The night passed differently from what he had expected. And at dawn he and Tulloolagh were released; the other two had been shot instead. Garry had been ready enough to die for Ireland; his night with Tulloolagh had rather shaken him; and now this final anticlimax upset him further. The Irish Republican Army disbanded. Her days of dangerous disguise at an end. Tulloolagh hoped Garry would marry her and live peacefully in the country. But Garry had tasted true happiness when he was facing death; he wanted it again. With wild Irish asceticism he dedicated himself to share...
...guests who are invited have unfortunate dealings with one another before the fatal night. An elaborate suicide by gas, the ruin of Jordan's fortune, the estrangement of Packard and his wife, the detection of an affair between Mrs. Packard and Dr. Talbot lead up to the grand anticlimax--the Forncliffes cannot attend the dinner in their honor...