Word: anticlimaxes
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...asked the driver why. He replied in a neutral voice that Sukarno had just passed away. After the chaos and isolationism of the Sukarno years, my student movement had supported Suharto's vision of stability and economic growth. Nevertheless, I felt a sad sense of passage - and anticlimax - at Sukarno's death. Nobody talked about it, because he had disappeared from public view. Nobody knew where he was; it was not even clear where he had died, or how long he had been ill. The media never ran stories on him. Sukarno, revolutionary leader, founder of the nation, President...
...Against this backdrop, Evans' speech itself could have seemed an anticlimax, the gray bureaucratic musings of a gray bureaucrat. Instead, it packed a hefty punch, revealing a new assessment of the scale of the terror threat facing the U.K. and the conflicting demands placed on his organization as it works to counter that threat. The tensions between terrorism prevention and the protection of civil liberties were already set to dominate the U.K.'s political agenda in a week that will see a report published about the shooting by London's anti-terror police in 2005 of an innocent Brazilian electrician...
...absurd twists in the plotline, making events seem jerky and disjointed. The result is a movie that loses momentum in its second half as relationships slowly sink into irrelevance. The debate competition finale brakes too early and abruptly, and we’re left with twenty minutes of depressing anticlimax...
...show. Members of the ensemble manage to stand out—some as particularly graceful dancers, others with British accents—while maintaining a general demeanor that’s both tough and flirtatious.With such a strong first act, Act II is a bit of an anticlimax, except for the trio “Nevermind the Why and Wherefore.” Polk, Hill, and Forbess match each other in jolly satisfaction, as they plot out their romantic futures—and it’s delightful to watch them gleefully dance together.The only downside is the lack...
...peaked last week when Chappell and Ganguly were summoned by the Indian cricket board, which enjoined the two sides to rebuild their "professional working relationship"?despite widespread expectations that one or both would be shown the door. ("Look how we are cheated!" grumbled Mid Day over the anticlimax.) That day may yet come. "I only want some rest," Ganguly told reporters after the hearing?an attitude that's unlikely to please his hard-driving coach...