Word: anticlimax
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...validation of a lingering family magic, warmed them up with some of the old self-deprecating one-liners ("It just shows what it is to have a famous brother-in-law"), and then introduced the candidate with a gusto that sometimes left McGovern in an uncomfortable backwash of anticlimax. In Pittsburgh, McGovern was practically bowled over by a woman who rushed up to Ted and cried, "Oh, Senator, we can hardly wait until 1976!" Then the woman apologized to McGovern and added: "But that's how we feel here in Pittsburgh...
Given this state of affairs, it is easy to see why Cadzas and Hogan viewed primary day as a sort of anticlimax. They knew that they had done their jobs in the campaign and all they could do was hope that the people turned to vote. They obviously wanted to win, but both knew that Hogan would be back for another shot if he did not win Tuesday...
...proudly programmed to praise the man who is going to give the Republicans four more years at the helm of the nation, and who will perhaps forge the first new alignment of political power in the U.S. since the New Deal. The campaign to follow looms almost as anticlimax, an exercise in the forms of democracy, though it will be the most lavishly financed and highly organized in Republican history. Yet it should also pose the sharpest choice on basic issues of any modern U.S. election. No matter; in the euphoria of the convention, the Republicans are acting...
...presidential balloting Wednesday night had an air of anticlimax. Not all of the Old Politics was gone: as the states were called to declare their votes, delegation chairmen delivered their traditional commercials. Delaware was "the home of corporations, chickens, chemicals and charisma"; California was "the state that began the lettuce boycott"; North Carolina was "the summerland where the sun doth shine...
Showdown. For most of the regular season, in fact, fans had looked forward to the final series as little more than an anticlimax. The real drama figured to come in the inevitable showdown between the red-hot Lakers and the defending Champion Milwaukee Bucks for the Western Division title. The winner of that clash, so the smart money said, would then face some hopelessly outclassed team from the Eastern Division...