Word: comedownance
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...African territories of Mozambique and Angola. Antunes, a Marxist moderate, is not expected to make any significant changes in foreign policy, particularly with regard to Portugal's ties to NATO. Like Communist Secretary-General Alvaro Cunhal, Scares will remain as a minister without portfolio. That is a considerable comedown for the Socialist leader, who has frequently been mentioned as a possible Premier in a future civilian government. Scares and other moderates seemed weary and depressed by the swift turn of events that in only three weeks has seen...
Sadat's first years as President were difficult ones. As a leader of his people, he was something of a comedown from Nasser. He had no single power base of his own. He clashed with some of his ministers and in 1971 summarily fired his powerful Vice President, Ali Sabry. Sadat also faced rising resentment from his officers over the presence of Soviet advisers. Moreover, as Arab frustration grew over the unresolved "no war, no peace" situation with Israel, Sadat had an unfortunate habit of promising action but never delivering. His "year of decision," 1971, passed uneventfully...
...then was the first man to verify beyond doubt reaching the North Pole on a journey over the ice? Revising history is frequently a comedown for the hero (and antihero) worshiper. But for the record: it was not one man at all but a U.S.-Canadian team led by one Ralph Plaisted of Minnesota. The party arrived April 19, 1968, without so much as a mush. They were riding Ski-Doos...
...GEORGE BUSH, 48, was named chairman of the Republican National Committee. This is something of a comedown for Bush, who has served creditably as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for two years. "You do what the President asks you," he says. "And this is what he asked me to do." Bush has let it be known that he would have preferred something else; the chairmanship of the President's party usually has little power and less prestige. The man he replaces made no secret of the fact that he was being ousted from a job he wanted...
BLACK ACTORS and directors, however, argue that the films economically boost the community because they provide needed jobs for blacks in the movie industry. D'Urville Martin, a black actor who stars in both The Legend of Nigger Charley and The Final Comedown, says: "There was a time when there was no black work, and now that we've got work people are still complaining...